the rorqual

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razorback
rorqual
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

Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.

rorqual
Called also razorback
rorqual
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balænoptera physalus)
rorqual
It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly
rorqual
{i} finback, any baleen whales from the genus Balaenoptera
rorqual
Any of five species of baleen whales in the genus Balaenoptera (family Balaenopteridae), namely, the blue, fin, sei, Bryde's, and minke whales. The term often includes the humpback whale, the only other member of the family
rorqual
Pertaining to rorquals
rorqual
any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
the rorqual
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