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Noun: minke  ming-kee or min-ku
  1. Small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
    "Whale watchers spotted a minke whale close to shore";
    - lesser rorqual, piked whale, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Derived forms: minkes

Type of: razorback, rorqual

Part of: Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera

Encyclopedia: Minke, Orca, Sillimanite and Wingate gas fields