finback
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of finback
Example Sentences
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Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2019
And the bodies of 28 humpback and 17 finback whales washed up on beaches in Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 31, 2019
The black curve of a finback whale broke the surface of the grey water, and uninhabited islands dripped from the end of the continent like water from a leaky tap.
From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2019
If Jonah had been swallowed by a big fish, perhaps the big fish was a whale, and that whale could have been something like a 90-foot finback.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2012
The whales dived below, fortunately; for one blow of a finback or sulphur bottom would have played skittles with the canoes.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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