Usually means: Whale family, includes right whales.
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  1. balaenid: Merriam-Webster
  2. balaenid: Wiktionary
  3. Balaenid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. balaenid: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (balaenid)

▸ noun:  (zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.

Similar:
neobalaenid, balanid, baleen, palaemonid, archaeobalanid, baenid, bathyergid, bathycheilid, baltoceratid, mysticete, more...

Opposite:
odontocete, toothed whale, non-baleen whale

Types:
bowhead whale, right whale, pygmy right whale, more...

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Similar:
neobalaenid, balanid, baleen, palaemonid, archaeobalanid, baenid, bathyergid, bathycheilid, baltoceratid, mysticete, more...

Opposite:
odontocete, toothed whale, non-baleen whale

Types:
bowhead whale, right whale, pygmy right whale, more...



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