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rorqual ([personal profile] rorqual) wrote2003-09-18 06:48 pm

What?

rorqual

n : any of several baleen whales of of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.

[French, from Norwegian rørhval, from Old Norse reydharhvalr : reydhr, rorqual (from raudhr, red. See reudh- in Indo-European Roots) + hvalr, whale.]