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Record 1 2009-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

An aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea that superficially resembles a large fish and is valued commercially for oil, for the flesh which is used as human food and in animal feeds and fertilizers ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Grand mammifère marin de l'ordre des cétacés.

CONT

Les baleines vraies ou mysticètes appartiennent à trois familles de balaenide's (baleines franches), esckrichtiidés (baleines grises) et balaenoptéridés (rorquals ou baleinoptères), et représentent avec le cachal (odontocités) le plus gros de tous les animaux connus [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
  • Pesca comercial
DEF

Cetáceo, el mayor de todos los animales conocidos, que llega a crecer hasta más de 30 m de longitud. Su color es, en general, oscuro por encima y blanquecino por debajo. Vive en todos los mares, preferentemente en los polares.

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