Antarctic minke whale

noun

: minke whale sense b

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Mysterious bio-duck sound attributed to the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). —

Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2016

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1970, in the meaning defined above

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