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Meaning of Biscayan right whale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A species of baleen whale, Eubalaena glacialis, of the north Atlantic Ocean.

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Examples

“Other early hunters of whales included [...] the Basques, who developed the first organized whale fishery [...] in the Bay of Biscay, and who managed through overfishing virtually to eliminate an entire stock of great whales - those known as the Biscayan right whales.”

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