minke whale

English

Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Noun

minke whale (plural minke whales)

1. Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.

Synonyms

• minke, piked whale, lesser rorqual

Derived terms

• Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Translations

Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis

• Asturian: ballenatu (ast)
• Catalan: rorqual d'aleta blanca (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小鬚鯨 / 小须鲸 (xiǎoxūjīng)

• Danish: vågehval c
• Faroese: sildreki m
• Finnish: lahtivalas (fi)
• French: baleine de minke f, petit rorqual (fr) m
• German: Zwergwal (de) m
• Greek: ρυγχοφάλαινα f (rynchofálaina)
• Greenlandic: tikaagullik
• Icelandic: hrefna (is) f, hrafnreyður (is) f
• Japanese: ミンククジラ (minku kujira)
• Maori: pakake, pakaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vågehval m

  Nynorsk: vågekval m

• Portuguese: baleia-anã f
• Russian: ма́лый полоса́тик m (mályj polosátik), ма́лый полоса́тик Ми́нке m (mályj polosátik Mínke)
• Spanish: ballena enana f, ballenoto m, rorqual aliblanco m
• Swedish: vikval c
• Welsh: morfil pigfain m