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finback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback whale |
| Type of | razorback, rorqual |
Examples of finback
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The calls of finback and blue whales can be detected thousands of miles away.
From the usatoday.com
What we have seen, oh so briefly on this morning, is that finback whale.
From the sacbee.com
In 1964, a 52-foot finback whale was found dead in the Hudson River off 79th Street in Manhattan.
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
A finback whale surfaces in the ocean near a Hornblower boat.
From the sacbee.com
In less than five minutes, the finback whale apparently has traveled well north of the boat, at 5 o'clock.
From the sacbee.com
Like the songs of humpbacks, the vocalizations of finback and blue whales are probably designed to attract mates.
From the usatoday.com
Most important change was a complete ban on hunting the endangered finback whales except in a small area of the Antarctic.
From the time.com
They also saw six finback whales.
From the ocregister.com
We had spent the day hunting for blue whales, without success, though we saw a finback and some other interesting creatures.
From the ocregister.com
- Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
- The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second largest whale and the second largest living animal after the blue whale, growing to nearly 27 meters (88 ft) long.
- Finback is a fictional character from the Transformers. He is a Decepticon Pretender.
- Recovered downed pilot LTJG George H. W. Bush, future President of the United States, after his TBM Avenger bomber was damaged and eventually ditched during a bombing mission at Chichi-jima in the Pacific.
