rorqual
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rorqual
1820–30; < French < Norwegian rørkval, Old Norse reytharhvalr, equivalent to reyth ( a ) r rorqual (akin to rauthr red 1 ) + hvalr whale 1
Vocabulary lists containing rorqual
Example Sentences
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She’d like to see a different family of whales examined for comparison, as the three individuals studied were all juvenile rorqual whales.
From National Geographic • Feb. 21, 2024
New research provides a fuller understanding of this species, focusing on a foraging behavior called lunge-feeding that it shares with the other members of its cetacean group, the rorqual whales.
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023
It may be clear why rorqual whales are so large in general, but of these giants, why are blue whales so much larger than all the others?
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2020
Like other rorqual whales, humpbacks’ throats expand in rubbery pleats reaching down to their navels.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2018
Leaning over the rail, with the great rorqual laying perfectly still a few feet below, I was told to mark how slender and elegant were his proportions.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
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