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COMMON RORQUAL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
Synonyms:
Balaenoptera physalus; common rorqual; fin whale; finback; finback whale
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common rorqual" is a kind of...):
razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("common rorqual" is a member of...):
Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)
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