Balaena
noun
Ba·lae·na
bəˈlēnə
: the genus consisting of the Greenland whale compare right whale
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, whale, modification of Greek phalaina, phallaina; akin to Greek phallos penis
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
- archetypal
- archetypally
- archetype
- archetypes
- archetypical
- archetypically
- archeus
- archfiend
- archfiends
- archfoe
- archfoes
- archgenethliacs
- archi-
- Archiacanthocephala
- Archiannelida
- archiannelidae
- archiannelidas
- archiannelides
- archiannelids
- archibenthal
- archibenthic
- archibenthos
- archiblast
- archiblastic
- archiblastula