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Webster 1913 Edition

Mysticete

Mys′ti-cete

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Noun.

[Gr.

μύσταξ

the upper lip, also, the mustache +

κῆτοσ

a whale.]

(Zool.)

Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See

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Definition 2024

mysticete

mysticete

English

Noun

mysticete ‎(plural mysticetes)

(zoology) Any of the baleen whales (of suborder Mysticeti)