Minke's whale

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• Minke’s whale — mažasis ruožuotis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Balaenoptera acutirostrata angl. lesser finback; lesser rorqual; little pike whale; little piked whale; Minke’s whale; pikehead whale; sharp headed… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

• whale — whale1 [ weıl, hweıl ] noun count ** a very large ocean animal that looks like a fish but breathes air through a hole on the top of its head: a gray/blue/minke/killer whale have a whale of a time INFORMAL to have a lot of fun whale whale 2 [ weıl …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• minke whale — noun either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis found in coastal waters Syn: minke, piked whale, lesser rorqual …   Wiktionary

• whale */*/ — UK [weɪl] / US / US [hweɪl] noun [countable] Word forms whale : singular whale plural whales a very large sea animal that breathes air through a hole on the top of its head a grey/blue/minke/killer whale • have a whale of a time …   English dictionary

• Minke whale — A surfacing minke whale, Skjálfandi, Iceland Size compared to an average human …   Wikipedia

• minke — type of small whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), 1939, supposedly from the Norwegian surname Meincke. The name minke is said to have derived from one of Svend Foyn s crew by the name of Meincke, who mistook a school of these whales for blue… …   Etymology dictionary

• Whale surfacing behaviour — Whales exhibit various types of behaviour when they surface. This article describes the different behaviours commonly observed at sea and the possible reasons for the behaviour.Breaching, lunging and porpoisingA breach or a lunge is a leap out of …   Wikipedia

• minke whale — [miŋ′kə] n. a small, swift rorqual whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a dark body and a light belly * * * …   Universalium

• minke whale — [miŋ′kə] n. a small, swift rorqual whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a dark body and a light belly …   English World dictionary

• Minke Whale — Taxobox name = Minke Whale status = Text image caption = A surfacing Minke Whale, Skjálfandi, Iceland image2 caption = Size comparison against an average human regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Eutheria ordo =… …   Wikipedia

• Whale watching — off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most commonly for recreation (cf. bird watching) but the activity can also serve scientific or… …   Wikipedia