| 单词 | common rorqual |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon rorqual Any of various baleen whales constituting the family Balaenopteridae, having a streamlined profile, a small dorsal fin, and pleated skin under the throat; esp. (in full common rorqual) the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, and (in full lesser rorqual) the minke whale, B. acutorostrata. Frequently with distinguishing word.Sibbald's rorqual: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1823 Encycl. Brit. V. 333/1 Balæna Musculus, the Round-lipped Whale. French and Greenland, Rorqual; Iceland, Steipe, Reydus.] 1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 388 A majority of the cetacea appear to possess only three phalanges..; the rorqual (a species of Balæna) and the Delphinus Delphis present as many as seven. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 149 The Rorquals (Balænoptera) have a dorsal fin, and are subdivided according as the belly is smooth or wrinkled. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 115 The species was no doubt the great rorqual. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 61 Finbacks, a species of rorqual, were always pretty numerous. 1934 Sci. Monthly May 425/2 The longest story which I have encountered attributes to the Rorquals the ability to remain submerged for from eight to twelve hours. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fishes 280 Lastly comes the lesser rorqual or pike whale, B. acutorostrata, which never exceeds about thirty feet. 1971 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals (ed. 3) 310 The Finner Whale or Common Rorqual..is second in size to the Blue Whale. 2001 BBC Wildlife Sept. (Blue Planet Suppl.) 22/3 Sei whales belong to a family of giants—the rorquals—which also includes blues and humpbacks. < as lemmas |
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