variants:
or less commonly northern Atlantic right whale
Definition of North Atlantic right whale
: a chiefly black right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) of temperate and subpolar waters of the Atlantic Ocean
The North Atlantic right whale is an endangered species, reduced by decades of hunting to just 350 worldwide.— Michael Levenson, Boston Sunday Globe, 1 May 2005
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The first known use of North Atlantic right whale was in 1962
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