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Definition of: rorqual
(rôr′kwəl) noun
Any of a genus (Balaenoptera) of whales of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; especially, B. physalis of the North Atlantic: also called finback, finback whale. [<F <Norw. röyrkval]
(About 60 feet in length)
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