right whale

noun

: any of several large baleen whales (family Balaenidae and especially genus Eubalaena) that lack a dorsal fin and have very long baleen plates, an extremely large head with a V-shaped blowhole, a smooth throat, short, broad, rounded flippers, and whitish protuberances of thickened skin about the head

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Smaller groups of right whales have been spotted there in the past, usually during the fall, the aquarium said. —

Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025 The population of North Atlantic right whales has seen a slight increase in recent years, with the latest estimate from the the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium being that there are 372 right whales remaining, up from a low of 358 as of 2020. —

State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025 This is a common cause of injury and death for right whales. —

Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024 The team cites similar reasons as to why the maximum lifespans of both species of right whale were underestimated. —

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