rorqual
rorqual · rorquals
полосатик
Furchenwal
Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below…Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
UK/ˈɹɔːkwəl/US/ˈɹɔɹkwəl/
Meaning
1 sensesAny whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
Furchenwal
полоса́тикpolosátik
More definitions
- any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
whale with long skin folds below mouth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
whale with long skin folds below mouth:
Origin
From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).
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Forms
plural: rorqualsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin:razorback
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedbaleen
Derivedlesser rorqual