razorback
Americannoun
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a finback or rorqual.
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a wild or semiwild hog with a ridgelike back, common in the southern U.S.
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a sharp narrow ridge or range of hills.
adjective
noun
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Also called: finback. the common rorqual See rorqual
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a semiwild or wild pig of the southeastern US, having a narrow body, long legs, and a ridged back
Etymology
Origin of razorback
Example Sentences
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That's caused a loss of riparian forest, which supported birds and other wildlife, and pushed four native fish — humpback chub, bonytail chub, Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker — to the brink of extinction.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022
It also follows a July Fish and Wildlife proposal to move another rare Colorado River fish, the razorback sucker, from endangered status to threatened.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021
As of Friday, Bingham continued to work at the Horsethief Canyon Native Fish Facility near Fruita, where he managed rearing of endangered razorback suckers and earned about $88,000 a year.
From Washington Times • May 22, 2019
Kailua is barely half an hour from downtown and Waikiki, but separated by a soaring ribbon of razorback mountains, the Koolau Range.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2011
Shackleton and Worsley eyed the razorback ridges and glaciers that rose up into the clouds.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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