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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large baleen whale (Balaenoptera physalus) having grooves on the throat, a prominent dorsal fin, and a whitish underside.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
finner .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
whale of therorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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