minke
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min•ke
(ˈmɪŋ ki)n.
a finback whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, of temperate and polar seas.
Also called min′ke whale`. [1930–35; < Norwegian minkehval, allegedly after Meincke, a crewman of the Norwegian whaler Svend Foyn (1809–94)]
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minke(whale)
(ˈmiŋkiː(weil)) noun a whale found in cold seas, especially around Norway. ballena enana, rocual aliblanco
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