Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.
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Examples for "razorback "
Examples for "razorback "
1 The Barrier range is a maze of defiles and razorback ridges.
2 The one in front was shorter, older, built like a razorback .
3 North-west of Porter's Range, and between it and the razorback , were two small peaks.
4 After all, the razorback might not be a true animal at all, but a shapeshifter.
5 And that there's Henrietta, the great Atlantean razorback .
1 I've even heard that those rorqual whales off the Aleutian Islands sometimes get over 150 feet.
2 It was a large rorqual , and he at once sent word by a messenger to Flosi in Vik and to the nearest farms.
3 From its sharp back and forked tail, I should pronounce it to have been a rorqual , or "finner," as they are called by the fishermen.
4 Another visitor, the Rorqual , is not welcomed by the fishermen.
5 Whales were frequently seen, both rorquals and killers.
6 Several whales appeared which Captain James Davis reported were "blue whales" (finners or rorquals ) .
7 When we compare the skeleton of this Rorqual with the Gigantic Rorqual I also dissected, we find as follows:-
8 These finners or rorquals are enormous mammals, and on one occasion we were followed by one for several hours.
9 While thus making northing we had several fine catches of porpoises, and saw many rorquals , but sperm whales appeared to have left the locality.
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