rorqual

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الإنجليزية - التركية
çatalkuyruklu balina
{i} çatal kuyruklu balina
(isim) çatal kuyruklu balina
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
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.

Called also razorback
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balænoptera physalus)
It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly
{i} finback, any baleen whales from the genus Balaenoptera
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
Pertaining to rorquals
any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
The rorqual
razorback
lesser rorqual
small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
rorqual

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    [ 'ror-kw&l, -"kwol ] (noun.) 1827. From Norwegian røyrkval (“furrow whale”), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr
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