Noun: Megaptera novaeangliae
- Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
"The Megaptera novaeangliae whale's haunting song carried through the ocean";
- humpback, humpback whale
Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale
Part of: genus Megaptera, Megaptera
Encyclopedia: Megaptera novaeangliae