Definition of Balaenoptera musculus

1. Noun. Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Blue Whale, Sulfur Bottom
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaenoptera, Genus Balaenoptera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balaenoptera Musculus

Baklahorani
Baku
Bakunin
BalI methyltransferase
Balaamite
Balaamites
Balaena
Balaena mysticetus
Balaeniceps
Balaeniceps rex
Balaenicipitidae
Balaenidae
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera borealis
Balaenoptera musculus (current term)
Balaenoptera physalus
Balaenopteridae
Balanchine
Balanidae
Balanites aegyptiaca
Balantidium coli
Balantidium suis
Balanus balanoides
Balarama
Balaton
Balbani ring
Balbiani ring
Balboa
Baldr

Literary usage of Balaenoptera musculus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Like the others, this species seems to pass the Common Rorqual (Balaenoptera musculus). seen feasting among shoals of herrings. ..."

2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The Hump-backed Whale. (Waters round the British Islands. Fairly common.) Balaenoptera musculus. The Common Rorqual. (Waters round the British Islands. ..."

3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"... from time to time during the preceding fifteen years, of these parts in Mysticetus, Megaptera, Balaenoptera musculus, B. borealis and B. rostrata; ..."

4. A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire: Being a Catalogue of by William Eagle Clarke, William Denison Roebuck (1881)
"Balaenoptera musculus (Z.). Common Rorqual. Casual visitant, of rare occurrence. A young one caught at Bridlington, April 5th, 1880, 16 feet long, ..."

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