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rorqual (iou)



rorqual noun. E19.

Any of various baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a pleated throat and small dorsal fin; esp. (a) (more fully common rorqual) the fin whale; (b) (more fully lesser rorqual) the minke whale.