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Definition of Common rorqual
1. Noun. Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.
Generic synonyms: Razorback, Rorqual
Group relationships: Balaenoptera, Genus Balaenoptera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Rorqual
Literary usage of Common rorqual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"THE common rorqual This genus in the species next to be mentioned probably includes
the largest ... The common rorqual may be taken as a type of the genus. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Secondly, we have the common rorqual (B. mus- culus, or B. physalus) with a length of
... Like the others, this species seems to pass the common rorqual ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"common rorqual. In the common rorqual or Razorback we have another rare straggler
to the district, no specimen having been identified, so far as I know, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"On 19th February 1903, a common rorqual or Razorback —a female about 46 feet in
length—got stranded on the beach at Kirkcaldy, where it was attacked and ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"On 19th February 1903, a common rorqual or Razorback —a female about 46 feet in
length—got stranded on the beach at Kirkcaldy, where it was attacked ..."
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