finback

finback
/fin"bak'/, n.
any baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera, having a prominent dorsal fin, esp. B. physalus, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; rorqual: an endangered species.
Also called finback whale, fin whale.
[1715-25; FIN + BACK1]

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