1) Balaena mysticetus 2) Baleen whale 3) Bowhead whale 4) Greenland whale 5) Large-mouthed arctic whale 6) Whalebone whale 
• (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
Bow'head` noun (Zoology) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. ( Balæna mysticetus ). See Baleen , and Whale . 
[n] - large-mouthed arctic whale
bowhead whale noun large-mouthed arctic whale
Arctic whale Balaena mysticetus with strongly curving upper jawbones supporting the plates of baleen with which it sifts planktonic crustaceans from the water. Averaging 15 m/50 ft long and 90 tonnes/100 tons in weight, these slow-moving, placid whales were once extremely common, but by the 17th century were already b...
a whalebone whale, Balaena mysticetus, of northern seas, having an enormous head and mouth: an endangered species. See illus. underAlso called