Definitions for minke

minke min·ke

Spelling: [ming-kee]
IPA: /ˈmɪŋ ki/

Minke is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in minke (eikmn).

Definitions for minke

noun

  1. a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.

Origin of minke

1930-35; Norwegian minkehval, allegedly after a crew member of the Norwegian whaling pioneer Svend Foyn (1809-94), named Meincke, who mistook a pod of minkes for blue whales

Examples for minke

minke whales feed primarily on small shoal fish (herring, cod, pollack, and capelin).

However, minke whales have a flathead in front of their two blow holes and are black to dark gray on the back.

minke whales may also approach very close to shore and often enter bays, inlets, and estuaries.

Like Bryde's whales, minke whales often approach close to vessels.

minke whales arrive along the Canadian coast in May or June.

Bryde's whales, like minke whales, reportedly often approach close to vessels as if curious about them.

Further, minke whales rarely reach 30 feet (9.1 m) in maximum length.

minke whales are black to dark gray on the back and white on the belly and on the underside of the flippers.

minke whales are distributed in the polar, temperate, and tropical waters of the western North Atlantic.

But minke whales have an acutely pointed snout, a single head ridge, and a white band on each flipper.

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