finback

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finback - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Bal[ae]noptera, and
     allied genera, of the family Bal[ae]nopterid[ae],
     characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common
     finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris
      and S. tuberosus.
     [1913 Webster]

finback - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  finback
      n 1: large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along
           the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: finback,
           finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual,
           Balaenoptera physalus]