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Meanings of fin whale in English

Russian
balaenoptera physalus
Portuguese
balaenoptera physalus
Spanish
ballena de aleta
Catalan
balaenoptera physalus
Wikidata

Species of whale.

Related terms
balaenoptera physalus
Synonyms
Examples for "finback whale"
Examples for "finback whale"
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Gray finback whales flounder in schools.
Canada: the Empire of the North / Being the Romantic Story of th...
2
'Twas a finback whale, M. Radisson explained; and he protested against the impudence of scratching its back on our keel.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
Usage of fin whale in English
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A 12 metre fin whale is stuck against a pier wall in west Cork.
The Irish Times
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This is only the fourth fin whale to wash ashore in this area since 2010.
Wired
3
A 20-metre fin whale which became stranded on a beach in Achill Island has died.
The Irish Times
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It might be a hybrid: perhaps the offspring of a blue whale and a fin whale.
BBC
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This particular fin whale's last hours began early yesterday morning, when it stranded on Stinson Beach sometime after midnight.
Wired
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Humpback 38 per cent., fin whale 36 per cent., blue whale 20 per cent.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
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He said: While the minke whale has a green light above it, the fin whale has a yellow light.
The Guardian
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A fin whale that was stranded against a harbour wall in Baltimore in west Cork since Tuesday has died.
The Irish Times
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A fin whale on one side of the Atlantic can be heard by another fin whale on the other side.
The Guardian
10
Also, you see up here… Now Anne pointed up to the last few tapering yards of the fin whale's spine.
The Guardian
11
Or the deep reverberation of the fin whale's song, loud as an amplified rock band and propagating hundreds of miles through the sea.
The Irish Times
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The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) said from the description it is a young fin whale and maybe sick or starving.
The Irish Times
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For instance, their body shape is often similar to that of a fin whale, but with a larger snout and flippers like a blue whale.
BBC
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Sleek and perfectly streamlined, the 15m (50ft) fin whale circled the bay before coming to rest in the shallow rocks of the breakwater.
The Irish Times
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Iceland resumed its commercial hunting of fin whales after a two-year suspension.
The Guardian
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The proposal to include fin whales in the Southern Ocean is inflammatory.
Reuters