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FINBACK

Dictionary entry overview: What does finback mean?

• FINBACK (noun)
The noun FINBACK has 1 sense:

1. large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific

Familiarity information: FINBACK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FINBACK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera physalus; common rorqual; fin whale; finback; finback whale

Hypernyms ("finback" is a kind of...):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("finback" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)

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