Right whale /(?)/

Right· whale

Right whale

  1. The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

Pygmy right whale
a small New Zealand whale (Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.