finback : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: finback	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for finback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finback n large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific Synonym(s): finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any whale of the genera {Sibbaldius}, {Bal[91]noptera}, and allied genera, of the family {Bal[91]nopterid[91]}, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are {Sibbaldius tectirostris} and {S. tuberosus}.