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rorqualenUK
ror·qual R0304300 (rôr′kwəl)n. Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small, pointed dorsal fin, and including the blue whale and the humpback whale.
[French, from Norwegian rørhval, from Old Norse reydharhvalr : reydhr, rorqual (from raudhr, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots) + hvalr, whale.]rorqual (ˈrɔːkwəl) n (Animals) any of several whalebone whales of the genus Balaenoptera, esp B. physalus: family Balaenopteridae. They have a dorsal fin and a series of grooves along the throat and chest. Also called: finback [C19: from French, from Norwegian rörhval, from Old Norse reytharhvalr, from reythr (from rauthr red) + hvalr whale]ror•qual (ˈrɔr kwəl)
n. any of several whales of the genus Balaenoptera; finback. [1820–30; < French < Norwegian rørkval, Old Norse reytharhvalr=reyth(a)r rorqual (akin to rauthr red) + hvalr whale1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rorqual - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal finrazorbackbaleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the waterBalaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whalesBalaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and PacificBalaenoptera borealis, sei whale - similar to but smaller than the finback whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
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rorqualenUK
rorqual: see whalewhale,
aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, found in all oceans of the world. Members of this order vary greatly in size and include the largest animals that have ever lived. Cetaceans never leave the water, even to give birth.
..... Click the link for more information. .Rorqual (Balaenoptera physalus), also finback, a marine mammal of the family Balaenopteridae of the suborder Mystacoceti (whalebone, or baleen, whales). The body length is 19–20 m; males are 1 m shorter than females. Some individuals reach a length of 27.3 m. The body is dark-gray above and white below; the right side of the head is lighter than the left. The whalebone plates are gray-blue and are found in rows of about 360. There are 70 to 90 stripes on the belly. The rorqual is found from the arctic to the antarctic; in the USSR it occurs in the seas of the Far East and, very rarely, in the Barents and White seas. The whale enters areas with thinning ice. The young, which are born in moderately warm waters, are about 6–7 m long. Rorquals feed on planktonic crustaceans, schooling fishes, and cephalopod mollusks. They are commercially hunted, and their number is decreasing. REFERENCESTomilin, A. G. Kitoobraznye. (Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran, vol. 9). Moscow, 1951.
Zhizn’ zhivotnykh, vol. 6. Moscow, 1971.rorqual any of several whalebone whales of the genus Balaenoptera, esp B. physalus: family Balaenopteridae. They have a dorsal fin and a series of grooves along the throat and chest MedicalSeewhalerorqualenUK
Synonyms for rorqualnoun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal finSynonymsRelated Words- baleen whale
- whalebone whale
- Balaenopteridae
- family Balaenopteridae
- Balaenoptera physalus
- common rorqual
- fin whale
- finback
- finback whale
- Balaenoptera borealis
- sei whale
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- lesser rorqual
- minke whale
- piked whale
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