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minke whale
min·ke whale M0318550 (mĭng′kē)n. Either of two small, dark gray baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, which is found worldwide and has a white band on the flippers, or B. bonaerensis, which inhabits Antarctic waters.
[Partial translation of Norwegian minkehval : minke (perhaps after Meincke, member of a 19th-century Norwegian whaling crew) + hval, whale.]minke whale (ˈmɪŋkə) or minken (Animals) a type of small whalebone whale or rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, up to 10 metres long[C20: probably from Norwegian minkehval, from minke lesser + hval whale]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  minke whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and PacificBalaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, piked whalerorqual, razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal finBalaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae |
EncyclopediaSeeLesser Rorqualminke whale
Synonyms for minke whalenoun small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and PacificSynonyms- Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- lesser rorqual
- piked whale
Related Words- rorqual
- razorback
- Balaenoptera
- genus Balaenoptera
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