Balaamitet (balamit)

[ Balaamiticalt (bā-lam-it'i-kal), a. Pertaining to or characteristic of a Balaamite. IMG:content-1568.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1569.png:[blocks in formation] [NL., ba Balæniceps (ba-lē'ni-seps), п. læna, a whale, + -ceps, Balænicipidæ (ba-lê-ni-sip'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Balænidæ (ba-le'ni-de), n. pl. [NL., bone whales, typi- fied by the genera Balæna and Ba- lænoptera , having baleen instead of teeth. Teeth are, however, present in the fetus, though they never cut the gum. The Balænidæ may be divided into two sec- tions, the smooth whales , characterized by smoothne of skin and the absence of a dorsal fin, as the Po Green land or right whale, Balæna mysti cetusi wands in which rowed whales, the skin is furrowed and the dorsal fin is present, as the finners ( Physalus ), hump Pm IMG:content-1570.png:[subsumed][ocr errors] IMG:content-1571.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Fr Skull of Fetal Whale ( Balæna australis), side and top view. Eo , exoccipital; Fr , frontal; Gl , glenoid; Mn , mandible; Mx , maxilla; Na , nasal; Pa , parietal; Pmx , premaxilla; Sq , squamosal; So , supra-occipital; Ty , tympanic. backed whales ( Megaptera ), and rorquals or piked whales ( Balænoptera ). The term is sometimes restricted to the first of these sections, the other whalebone whales then constituting a separate family, Balœnopteridæ. See whale. Balæninæ (bal-e-ni'nē), n. pl. [NL., balance