minke (n.)

小鲸鱼的一种类型（Balaenoptera acutorostrata），1939年，据说来自挪威姓氏 Meincke。

The name minke is said to have derived from one of Svend Foyn's crew by the name of Meincke, who mistook a school of these whales for blue whales. Whalers all over the world considered this incident so amusing that they used his name as a household word to describe this species. [J.N. Tønnessen & A.O. Johnsen, "The History of Modern Whaling" (transl. R.I. Christophersen), 1982]

据说，米因克的名字来源于 Svend Foyn 的一名船员 Meincke，他误将这些鲸鱼群视为蓝鲸。全世界的捕鲸者都认为这件事很有趣，他们用他的名字作为家喻户晓的词来描述这个物种。[J.N. Tønnessen & A.O. Johnsen，“现代捕鲸史”（翻译 R.I. Christophersen），1982年]

在英语中也被称为 lesser rorqual 和 little piked whale。