\Right" whale`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[ae]na
    mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
    obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
    Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[ae]na
    cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({B.
    Sieboldii}); a bone whale.
{Pygmy right whale} (Zo["o]l.), a small New Zealand whale
   {(Neobal[ae]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen
   feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
   whalebone.