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Right whale   /raɪt weɪl/   Listen
Right whale

noun
1.
Large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.





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"Right whale" Quotes from Famous Books



... visit the place frequently. As the ship left the coast a boat's thwart with a piece of rope wound round it was observed floating in the water, and its presence caused some curiosity on board. Within the next few days a shoal of whales known to sailors as the Right whale was sighted, and later in the month several other whales of various species with two threshers at work upon one of ...
— The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson - With The Journal Of Her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N • Ida Lee


Words linked to "Right whale" :   Balaenidae, family Balaenidae, whalebone whale, baleen whale


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