eubalaena meaning

• [Medicine]
  Large marine mammals of the order Cetacea. In the past,they were commercially valued for whale oil,for their flesh as human food and in animal feed and fertilizer,and for baleen. The sperm whale produces AMBERGRIS,an intestinal secretion used in perfumery. (From Webster,3d ed)

Examples

1. However, this article focuses on the " Eubalaena " species.
2. Sightings of southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ) off Chile and Peru from 1976 to 2007.
3. Like the other Eubalaena species, North Pacific Right Whales are known to interact with other cetacean species.
4. The past and current dangers confronting Eubalaena glacialis, the North Atlantic right whale, stem to a significant degree from its anatomy.
5. Until recently, all right whales of the genus " Eubalaena " were considered a single species " E . glacialis ".