rorqual

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von rorqual im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

çatalkuyruklu balina

{i} çatal kuyruklu balina

(isim) çatal kuyruklu balina

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von rorqual im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Relevante Übersetzungen

The rorqual

razorback

lesser rorqual

small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

Silbentrennung

ror·qual

Etymologie

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