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ˈrɔr kwəlrorqual
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Princeton's WordNet
rorqual, razorbacknoun
any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Wiktionary
rorqualnoun
Any whale with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
Etymology: From røyrkval, from reyðarhvalr
Wikipedia
Rorqual
Rorquals () are the largest group of baleen whales, which comprise the family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant species in three genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes (200 short tons), and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest of the group, the northern minke whale, reaches 9 tonnes (10 short tons). Rorquals take their name from French rorqual, which derives from the Norwegian word røyrkval: the first element røyr originated from the Old Norse name for this type of whale, reyðr, probably related to the Norse word for "red", and the second from the Norse word hvalr meaning "whale" in general. The family name Balaenopteridae is from the type genus, Balaenoptera.
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rorqual
A rorqual is a type of large baleen whale with a series of longitudinal folds of skin running from below the mouth back to the navel. This includes species like the blue whale, humpback whale, and the minke whale.
Webster Dictionary
Rorqualnoun
a very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback
Etymology: [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.]
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Rorqual
Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, with nine extant species in two genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes, and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes; even the smallest of the group, the northern minke whale, reaches 9 tonnes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rorqual
ror′kwal, n. a genus of whales of the largest size. [Sw. rörhval—rör, round, hval, whale.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rorqual
A name of Scandinavian origin applied to the fin-back whales, distinguished from the right whales by the small size of their heads, shortness of their whalebone, the presence of a dorsal fin, and of a series of conspicuous longitudinal folds or furrows in the skin of the throat and chest.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rorqual in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rorqual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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