genus Balaenoptera

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genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae Balaenopteramammal genus - a genus of mammalsBalaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whalesBalaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom - largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphereBalaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and PacificBalaenoptera borealis, sei whale - similar to but smaller than the finback whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific