minke whale

English

Noun

minke whale (plural minke whales)

either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis found in coastal waters

Synonyms

minke
piked whale
lesser rorqual

Translations

Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis

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 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

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