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Noun: Balaena mysticetus
  1. Large-mouthed Arctic whale
    "Balaena mysticetus whales can break through sea ice with their massive heads";
    - bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale

Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale

Part of: Balaena, genus Balaena

Encyclopedia: Balaena mysticetus