rorqual
English Thesaurus
1. any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | baleen whale, whalebone whale, |
| definition | : | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale, |
| definition | : | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balaenoptera borealis, sei whale, |
| definition | : | similar to but smaller than the finback whale (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale, |
| definition | : | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae, |
| definition | : | rorquals; blue whales (noun.animal) |
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