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finback
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun finback has 1 sense
- finback(n = noun.animal) balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific; Array is a kind of razorback, rorqual
is a member of balaenoptera, genus balaenoptera
CIDE DICTIONARY
finback, n.
Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius , Balænoptera , and allied genera, of the family Balænopteridæ , characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus . [1913 Webster]
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