Balaenoptera
plural noun
Bal·ae·nop·tera
-ˈnäptərə
: a genus (the type of the family Balaenopteridae) of whalebone whales that comprises the rorquals
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from balaeno- (from Latin balaena whale) + -ptera
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
- line of duty
- line of elevation
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- line of fortune
- line of Head
- line of Health
- line of Heart
- line of induction
- line of influence
- line of Intuition
- line of least resistance
- line of Life
- line of Liver
- line of march
- line of Marriage
- line of Mars
- line of Mercury
- line of metal
- line of nodes
- line of position
- line of pressure