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Definition of 'fin whale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific


Definition of 'fin whale' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  fin whale
The species Balaenoptera physalus, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a large, strongly curved, dorsal fin. It is the second largest of the WHALES, highly migratory, but rarely seen near the shore.



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