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
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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
The only other rorqual to do so—the blue whale—raises the flukes slightly or not at all.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David
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