- Balaena Sieboldii
- Right whale Right" whale` (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[ae]na
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[ae]na
cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({Bal[ae]na
Sieboldii}); a bone whale.
[1913 Webster]
{Pygmy right whale} (Zo["o]l.), a small New Zealand whale {(Neobal[ae]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.