fin whale
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fin whale
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The excavation comes after another fin whale stranded on the Cornish coast on Monday.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
Officials are asking beachgoers to keep a distance from a 35- to 40-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Torrance Beach on Saturday evening and later died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
“What traits are transferred from the fin whale to the blue whale?”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
The study's authors write that the most important thing governments can do to aid fin whale recovery is to continue to enforce the whaling ban so that fin whales have time to increase their numbers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
Figure 4.—A fin whale in the North Atlantic with the paired blowholes open during respiration.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David
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