Poached minke named for a poacher


	Poached minke named for a poacher

Wadard

2-9-2008 8:07 AM

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[Origin: 1930–35; < Norw minkehval, allegedly after a crew member of the Norwegian whaling pioneer Svend Foyn (1809–94), named Meincke, who mistook a pod of minkes for blue whales]

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