minke 的詞源

小鯨魚的一種類型（Balaenoptera acutorostrata），1939年，據說來自挪威姓氏 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]

據說，米因克的名字來源於 Svend Foyn 的一名船員 Meincke，他誤將這些鯨魚羣視爲藍鯨。全世界的捕鯨者都認爲這件事很有趣，他們用他的名字作爲家喻戶曉的詞來描述這個物種。[J.N. Tønnessen & A.O. Johnsen，“現代捕鯨史”（翻譯 R.I. Christophersen），1982年]

在英語中也被稱爲 lesser rorqual 和 little piked whale。