minke's Usage Examples:

The minke whale /ˈmɪnki/, or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale.

The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale.

The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.

The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.

120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest of the group, the northern minke whale, reaches 9 tonnes (10 short tons).

freshly-killed minke whale on its deck.

Their objective is to hunt 3,000 Antarctic minke whales.

Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan.

The primary species hunted are minke whales,belugas, narwhals, and pilot whales, which are some of the smallest.

subspecies: Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) North Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata) North Pacific minke whale (Balaenoptera.

whales, and had to resort to hunting the small and less-profitable minke whale.

fin whales, largely for export to Japan, while the only other one hunts minke whales for domestic consumption, as the meat is popular with tourists.

musculus), the common minke whale (B.

acutorostrata), the Antarctic minke whale (B.

039 km2), mainly to protect the area's population of basking sharks and minke whales.

alternated between several pre-established areas intending to take 400 or more minke whales per season.

acutorostrata Lacépède,1804 Minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic minke whale (also known as the 'dark-shoulder minke whale") Balaenoptera.

Species seen all year include minke whales, orcas, harbour porpoises, and common, bottlenose, and Risso's dolphins.