variants:
or less commonly minke
Definition of minke whale
: a small gray to black baleen whale (genus Balaenoptera) with a whitish underside and a relatively narrow, pointed snout:
a
: one (B. acutorostrata) chiefly of the northern hemisphere
— called also common minke whale, northern minke whale
b
: one (B. bonaerensis) of the southern hemisphere that was formerly classified in the same species as the northern form
— called also Antarctic minke, southern minke whale
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The first known use of minke whale was in 1939
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