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minke|ˈmɪnkə|
[f. the name Meincke; see quot. 1971.]
In full, minke whale. A small whalebone whale, Balænoptera acutorostrata; also called the piked whale or lesser rorqual.
1939Geogr. Jrnl. XCIII. 190 Minke and killer whales were cruising quietly in all parts of the bay [sc. the Bay of Whales in the Antarctic]. 1970Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 19 July 13/1 We watched seven killer whales kill and eat a minke whale. 1971F. D. Ommanney Lost Leviathan ii. 39 It [sc. the piked whale or lesser rorqual] is also known to the Norwegians as the Minke whale after a whaling gunner named Meincke who accidentally shot one in mistake for a Blue and thus achieved a rather dubious immortality. 1973Sci. Amer. Aug. 43/1 The danger exists that intensive hunting of sperm and minke whales could eventually reduce both species to the level of severe endangerment. |