Hypertext Webster Gateway: "finback"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any whale of the genera {Sibbaldius}, {Bal[ae]noptera}, and
allied genera, of the family {Bal[ae]nopterid[ae]},
characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common
finbacks of the New England coast are {Sibbaldius
tectirostris} and {S. tuberosus}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

finback
n : large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along
the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {finback whale},
{fin whale}, {common rorqual}, {Balaenoptera physalus}]


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