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Rorqual

noun
1.
Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.  Synonym: razorback.



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"Rorqual" Quotes from Famous Books



... have, even now, submitted to them the results of numerous dissections made many years ago, when, not stinted in means, and having the aid of excellent assistants, I attempted the dissection even of the gigantic Arctic Rorqual, the largest, perhaps, of all living beings. Certain of the details have been from time to time laid before the public, but in an extremely scattered and incomplete form, and without the illustrations ...
— Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 - Zoology • Various



Words linked to "Rorqual" :   sei whale, razorback, baleen whale, fin whale, Balaenoptera borealis, finback whale, piked whale, minke whale, finback, Balaenopteridae, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, whalebone whale, family Balaenopteridae, Balaenoptera physalus



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