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Definition of Rorqual
1. Noun. Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaenopteridae, Family Balaenopteridae
Specialized synonyms: Balaenoptera Physalus, Common Rorqual, Fin Whale, Finback, Finback Whale, Balaenoptera Borealis, Sei Whale, Balaenoptera Acutorostrata, Lesser Rorqual, Minke Whale, Piked Whale
Definition of Rorqual
1. n. A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balænoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
Definition of Rorqual
1. Noun. Any whale with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rorqual
1. a large whale [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rorqual
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rorqual
Literary usage of Rorqual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"The rorqual attains a length of 100 to 110 feet; the body is compressed on the
sides, and angular on tho back; the head comparatively small, ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"On the middle of this occipital surface is a slightly projecting longitudinal ridge.
In the rorqual of the Cape, Cuvier found the atlas distinct from the ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1834)
"Observations on the Anatomy of the rorqual (a Whalebone Whale of the largest
magnitude), drawn up from the dissection of a specimen found dead off North ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The following table shows the relative circumference, weight, and strength of
hemp, charcoal iron wire, and steel wire round ropes :— rorqual. ..."
5. 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. ..."
6. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The common rorqual, razorback, or pike-whale of the English coasts (B. musculus)
attains a length of seventy feet; it is black above and pure white below. ..."
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