Balaenoidea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Balaenoidea \Bal`[ae]*noi"de*a\, n. [NL., from L. balaena whale
     + -oid.] (Zool.)
     A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all
     other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See
     {Baleen}.
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