Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rorqual"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Physalus
antiquorum}, or {Bal[ae]noptera physalus}). It has a dorsal
fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly.
Called also {razorback}.
Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes
becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more
slender than the right whales, and is noted for its
swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other
related species of finback whales.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rorqual
n : any of several baleen whales of of the family
Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat
and a small pointed dorsal fin [syn: {razorback}]
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