HyperDic: common_rorqual

English > 1 sense of the expression common rorqual:
NOUNanimalcommon rorqual, finback, finback whale, fin whale, Balaenoptera physaluslarge flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat
English > common rorqual: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.
Synonymsfinback, finback whale, fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Member ofBalaenoptera, genus Balaenopteratype genus of the Balaenopteridae
Broaderrorqual, razorbackAny of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Spanishballena de aleta, rorcual común
CatalanBalaenoptera physalus

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