[rey-zer-bak] 
| 1. | a finback or rorqual. |
| 2. | a wild or semiwild hog with a ridgelike back, common in the southern U.S. |
| 3. | a sharp narrow ridge or range of hills. |
| 4. | Also, ra⋅zor⋅backed, razor-backed. having a sharp ridge along the back. |
| ra·zor·back (rā'zər-bāk') n.
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| ror·qual (rôr'kwəl) n. Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small, pointed dorsal fin. Also called razorback. [French, from Norwegian rørhval, from Old Norse reydharhvalr : reydhr, rorqual (from raudhr, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots) + hvalr, whale.] |
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