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Sei whale

noun

Similar to but smaller than the finback whale. Synonym: Balaenoptera borealis.

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"Sei whale" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the southern right whale reach only a length of about 7 ft., and have been valued at 750 per ton, but the number of these whales captured is very small indeed. In the case of the other whalebone whales, the baleen plates are much smaller and of inferior quality—the baleen of the sei whale probably excepted, and this only makes about 85 per ton, Sperm whales have been taken at South Georgia and the South Shetlands, but never in any quantity, being more numerous in warmer areas. The products and their value are too well known ...

— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton

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Words linked to "Sei whale" : Balaenoptera borealis, genus Balaenoptera, razorback, Balaenoptera, rorqual