rorqual

Senso (Inglese)

Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.

Concetti

sinonimi

common rorqual

finback whale

finnwhale

razoback whale

Traduzioni

Furchenwal

balénoptéridé

Finnwal

rorqual commun

balaenopteridae

είδος φάλαινας

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɹɔɹkwəl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).

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