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fin whale

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fin whale
n.
See finback.
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Noun1.fin whalefin whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, finback, finback whale
rorqual, razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae
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The fin whale stocks being targeted by Iceland are not in any way endangered," he says.
Thar she blows! by Woodard, Colin / E
Greenpeace activists drop a dead fin whale in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin.
A whale of a protest by The Progressive
Last week, the body of what was believed to be a 52-foot-long fin whale (the second-largest specie of whale) washed up on the beach north of Faria County Park in Ventura.
OUT TO SEA A WHALE OF A SEASON FOR OCEANIC OBSERVATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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