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[fin-bak]

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noun

any baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera, having a prominent dorsal fin, especially B. physalus, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; rorqual: an endangered species.

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Also called finback whale, fin whale.

Origin:
1715–25; fin + back¹

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finback (ˈfɪnˌbæk)

—n
	another name for rorqual

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