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Right whale   /raɪt weɪl/   Listen
Right whale

noun
1.
Large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.





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"Right whale" Quotes from Famous Books



... one, and that's the whole of the secret, as better fellows, lad, than you have found to their cost; and if there had been, they'd have killed by now every right whale [Footnote: A right whale is a whale which yields much whalebone and much oil; it is so called because it is the "right" whale to take.] that ...
— Journeys Through Bookland V2 • Charles H. Sylvester


Words linked to "Right whale" :   baleen whale, whalebone whale, family Balaenidae, Balaenidae


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