balénido.
1. adj. Zool. It is said of cetacean mammals lacking teeth in the adult stage and whose mouth is equipped with large sheets horny, embedded in the upper jaw, with which retained in the mouth small animals, crustaceans commonly, serving them as food; e.g., the blue whale. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Zool. Family of these animals.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
