RIGHTWHALE

Right whale

Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale, the North Pacific right whale and the southern right whale . They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale. Right whales have rotund bodies with arching rostrums, V-shaped blowholes and dark gray or black skin. The most distinguishing feature of a right whale is the rough patches of skin on its head which appear white due to parasitism by whale lice. Right whales can grow up to long and weigh up to, significantly larger than humpbacks or grays, but smaller than blues.

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right whale

Noun

  1. The baleen whales belonging to the family '''', in the genera (three species) and (one species, the bowhead whale, also called the Greenland right whale).


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