COMMON RORQUAL

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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

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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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