A kind of whale, a finner, n.

A name given in 17–18th centuries to species of Rorqual, Fin-whale, or Finner, esp. that found near the coast of New England. (Sometimes applied…

= finner, n.

a finner-whale of the sub-family Agaphelinæ, esp. Agaphelus gibbosus, common in the North Atlantic; so also †scrag-tail whale.

= finner, n.; also attributive, as finback calf, finback whale; also fin-backed whale.

A name given to whales of the genus Balænoptera, esp. the Rorqual, from the fact of their having a dorsal fin. Also finner-whale.

The fin whale or common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus. More fully razorback whale. Now rare.

Any of various baleen whales constituting the family Balaenopteridae, having a streamlined profile, a small dorsal fin, and pleated skin under the…

= finner, n.

A blue-grey rorqual, Balænoptera borealis.