| NOUN | animal | fin whale, finback, finback whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat |
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| Meaning | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific. | |
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| Synonyms | finback, finback whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus | |
| Member of | Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera | type genus of the Balaenopteridae |
| Broader | rorqual, razorback | Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin |
| Spanish | ballena de aleta, rorcual común | |
| Catalan | Balaenoptera physalus | |
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