Mysticeti (Noun)
Meaning
Baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The mysticeti suborder of cetaceans includes some of the largest animals on Earth, such as blue whales and humpbacks.
- Mysticeti whales are characterized by their baleen plates, which they use to filter small prey from the water.
- Scientists have been studying the migration patterns of mysticeti whales for decades, but much remains to be learned.
- The mysticeti suborder is thought to have diverged from the toothed whales around 30 million years ago.
- Mysticeti whales are found in oceans all around the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and in every ocean in between.