HyperDic: fin_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression fin whale:
NOUNanimalfin whale, finback, finback whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physaluslarge flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat
English > fin whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.
Synonymsfinback, finback whale, common rorqual, 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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