"minke whale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minke whales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minke whale (plural minke whales)
  1. Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters. Wikipedia link: minke whale Categories (lifeform): Whales Synonyms: minke, piked whale, lesser rorqual Derived forms: Antarctic minke whale (taxonomic: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Translations (Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis): ballenatu (Asturian), rorqual d'aleta blanca [masculine] (Catalan), 小鬚鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 小须鲸 (xiǎoxūjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), vågehval [common-gender] (Danish), sildreki [masculine] (Faroese), lahtivalas (Finnish), baleine de minke [feminine] (French), petit rorqual [masculine] (French), Zwergwal [masculine] (German), ρυγχοφάλαινα (rynchofálaina) [feminine] (Greek), tikaagullik (Greenlandic), hrefna [feminine] (Icelandic), hrafnreyður [feminine] (Icelandic), ミンククジラ (minku kujira) (Japanese), pakake (Maori), pakaka (Maori), vågehval [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vågekval [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), baleia-anã [feminine] (Portuguese), ма́лый полоса́тик (mályj polosátik) [masculine] (Russian), ма́лый полоса́тик Ми́нке (mályj polosátik Mínke) [masculine] (Russian), ballena enana [feminine] (Spanish), ballenoto [masculine] (Spanish), rorqual aliblanco [masculine] (Spanish), vikval [common-gender] (Swedish)

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