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rorqual::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | razorback |
| Type of | baleen whale, whalebone whale |
| Has types | balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, balaenoptera borealis, piked whale, sei whale, balaenoptera acutorostrata, finback, finback whale, lesser rorqual, minke whale |
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Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales.
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They discovered a sensory organ in the chin of rorqual whales that communicates to the brain.
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Lunge feeding by the huge rorqual whales is said to be the largest biomechanical event on Earth.
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Rorqual whales are among the largest vertebrates, yet they feed on some of the smallest organisms in the ocean.
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The Bryde's whale is a baleen whale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same group as blue whales and humpback whales.
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Besides a large variety of marine fish, the plumbeous dolphin, the beaked dolphin, rorqual or blue whale, and a variety of skates frequent the seas along the Sind coast.
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- Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
- Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, with nine species in two genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the Blue Whale, which can reach , and two others that easily pass ; even the smallest of the group, the Northern Minke Whale, reaches .
- 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
- (Rorquals) A special group of baleen whales with pleated throats that expand while feeding.
- Common group name for the Balaenopterid whales (blue, fin, sei, Bryde's, minke). Rorquals are fast-moving lunge-feeders with relatively short baleen.
- A whale in the family Balaenopteridae. "Rorqual" is of Scandinavian origin and probably meant "tube whale," referring to the long furrows in the throat, chest and sometimes the belly that allow the throat to expand enormously for feeding.
- A term used for baleen whales belonging to the genus Balaenoptera, which includes the blue, fin, sei, Bryde's, and the Minke whales. Some include the humpback whale of the genus Magaptera. ...
