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    GENUS BALAENA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whalesplay

    Synonyms:

    Balaena; genus Balaena

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Balaena" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Balaena"):

    Balaena mysticetus; bowhead; bowhead whale; Greenland whale (large-mouthed Arctic whale)

    Holonyms ("genus Balaena" is a member of...):

    Balaenidae; family Balaenidae (right whales)

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