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    FINBACK WHALE

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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 Pacificplay

    Synonyms:

    Balaenoptera physalus; common rorqual; fin whale; finback; finback whale

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("finback whale" 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 ("finback whale" is a member of...):

    Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)

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