Definitionn. any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Last update: June 22, 2015
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When the aquatic members of the class are taken into consideration, the maximum dimensions are vastly greater, Sibbald's rorqual attaining a length of fully 80 ft., and being probably the bulkiest and heaviest animal that has ever existed. [Please select]
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1 m), another member of the rorqual family, the minke whale, is included with the medium-sized whales in this guide. [Please select]
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_)] FIN WHALE (B) _Balaenoptera physalus_ (Linnaeus 1758) Other Common Names Finback whale, finner, razorback, common rorqual. [Please select]
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_)] SEI WHALE (B) _Balaenoptera borealis_ Lesson 1828 Other Common Names Pollack whale, sardine whale, Rudolphi's rorqual. [Please select]
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The only other rorqual to do so--the blue whale--raises the flukes slightly or not at all. [Please select]
Hunter and Fabricius; it is a distinct species, and not merely the young of the Great Rorqual. [Please select]
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In this specimen they were about 4 inches in length, but of as many feet in the large Rorqual. [Please select]
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To this class of whales I have been in the habit of giving the name of Rorqual, to distinguish them from the other class of Whalebone Whales, the _Mysticetus_ both _borealis_ and _australis_. [Please select]
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--The external nostrils were double; and the cavities of the nostrils provided with the remarkable cartilages and muscular apparatus I discovered and described in the anatomy of the Great Rorqual. [Please select]
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