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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rorqual has 1 sense
- rorqual(n = noun.animal) razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin; Array is a kind of baleen whale, whalebone whale
is a member of balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae
has particulars: balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale, balaenoptera borealis, sei whale, balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale
CIDE DICTIONARY
rorqual, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.].
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum , or Balænoptera physalus ). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback . [1913 Webster]
" It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other related species of finback whales."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
rorqual, n. any of various whales of the family Balaenopteridae esp. Balaenoptera musculus, having a dorsal fin. Also called fin-back, fin whale.
Etymology
F f. Norw. r{Yacute}yrkval f. OIcel. reythr the specific name + hvalr WHALE(1)
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