(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:00

Bal`ae*noi"de*a (?), n. [NL., from L. balaena whale + -oid.] Zool

A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

 

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