Biscayan right whale

English

Noun

Biscayan right whale (plural Biscayan right whales)

1. A species of baleen whale, Eubalaena glacialis, of the north Atlantic Ocean.
   • 1971 Dec, National Geographic, page 725:

     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.

Synonyms

• Biscay whale
• black right whale
• black whale
• North Atlantic right whale
• tube whale