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"Balenoptera musculus" is the scientific name for the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. "Balenoptera" comes from Latin and Greek words meaning ''winged whale,'' and ''musculus" means "muscle" in Latin.
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Whales are part of the order: Cetacea which takes it's name from the Latin word Cetus which is now taken to mean whale but originally meant some form of sea monster.
Cetus = whale/dolphin/porpoise. The Romans did not differentiate
This means bride in Latin And in biology it means a stage in an insect
Balaenoptera musculus is the scientific name of the blue whale. It is Latin for "muscular whale" although the latter word can also mean "little mouse" (a probably intended pun making the full name 'little mouse-whale').
The Whale Shark, the largest fish in the sea; Rhincodon typus
The Latin word for "having a humpback" is gibber, -era, -erum. The hump itself is gibber, -eris, m.The scientific name of the humpback whale has nothing to do with its back: Megaptera novaeangliae combines the Greek for "large wings" with the Latin for "of New England".
A whale's tail is called its flukes. The flukes are used in swimming
Blue Whale Orca/ Killer Whale Gray Whale Humpback Whale Sai Whale Fin Whale Beluga Whale Sperm Whale Bowhead Whale Right Whale Long- Finned Pilot Whale Pilot Whale Narwhal Beaked WHale and many more...
The blue whale is a baleen whale.