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Finback

noun
1.
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.  Synonyms: Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback whale.



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... no dorsal fin; the humpback whale from the genus Balaenoptera (in other words, "winged whales"), beasts with wrinkled bellies and huge whitish fins that, genus name regardless, do not yet form wings; and the finback whale, yellowish brown, the swiftest of all cetaceans. This powerful animal is audible from far away when it sends up towering spouts of air and steam that resemble swirls of smoke. Herds of these different mammals ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne



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