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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



... small thing serves as food for gossip aboard ship. The appearance of a whale in the evening caused quite a flutter among us. From its sharp back and forked tail, I should pronounce it to have been a rorqual, or "finner," as they are ...
— The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle


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