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Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balæna cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale. Pygmy right whale (Zoöl.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalæna marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic a…

A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

e blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise. -- Bone whale (Zoöl.), a right whale. -- To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.] -- To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate. [Low] -- To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]…

The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

ral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

erica, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.

Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea.

are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See 4th Pole, 2. -- Polar whale (Zoöl.), the right whale, or bowhead. See Whale.

Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus giddosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.

A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.