right whale

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1. large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	baleen whale, whalebone whale,
definition	:	whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	balaenidae, family balaenidae,
definition	:	right whales (noun.animal)