mysticete

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mysticete - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mysticete \Mys"ti*cete\, n. [Gr. my`stax the upper lip, also,
     the mustache + kh^tos a whale.] (Zool.)
     Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea.
     [1913 Webster]