gibbartas

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gibbartas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gibbartas \Gib*bar"tas\, n. [Cf. Ar. jebb[=a]r giant; or L.
     gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar.] (Zool.)
     One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; --
     called also Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas,
     gubertas, dubertus.]
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