ror|qual

ror|qual
ror|qual «RR kwuhl», noun.
any one of the whalebone whales having grooves in the throats and undersides and a small dorsal fin, especially a species of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Antarctic which grows 40 to 60 feet long; finback; razorback.
[< French rorqual < Norwegian røyrkval, perhaps < Old Icelandic reytharhvalr < reythr rorqual + hvalr whale]

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