finner

/ (ˈfɪnə) /

noun

another name for rorqual

Nearby words

finnan haddock, finnbogadóttir, finnbogadóttir, vigdís, finned, finnegans wake, finner, finney, finney, charles grandison, finnic, finnick, finnicky

Word Origin for finner

C18: from fin 1 + -er 1

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Examples from the Web for finner

Miss Finner sighed and looked rather sadly out of the window.
Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels|Mrs. Charles Bryce
The finner had said he was too fat to count; but that is where the finner was wrong.
The Treasure of the Isle of Mist|W. W. Tarn
During the day we had seen adelie and ringed penguins, also several humpback and finner whales.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton
The species most commonly seen was the Finner; after that the Blue Whale.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen

"It may interest you, Mr. Finner, that I have selected you as one of the chosen," he remarked casually.
In the Orbit of Saturn|Roman Frederick Starzl