A large rorqual with a small dorsal fin, a dark grey back, and white underparts.
长须鲸，鳁鲸。亦称FINBACK ,common rorqual
Balaenoptera physalus, family Balaenopteridae
Also called finback, "common rorqual"
Example sentencesExamples
Recently they've had very close views of fin whales which, after the blue whale, are the largest animal that's ever lived.
And farther down the coast, just south of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, whale-watchers spotted a fin whale - the first such sighting in over a hundred years.
An adult fin whale may consume one to one and a half metric tons of food per day, feeding mainly on krill and occasionally herring.
Scientists have always wondered about the booming melodies sung by endangered fin whales.
After the biggest whales were hunted to the point that they were too hard to find, the whalers went on to the next largest species, the fin whale.
Definition of fin whale in US English:
fin whale
noun
another term for finback
Example sentencesExamples
An adult fin whale may consume one to one and a half metric tons of food per day, feeding mainly on krill and occasionally herring.
Recently they've had very close views of fin whales which, after the blue whale, are the largest animal that's ever lived.
After the biggest whales were hunted to the point that they were too hard to find, the whalers went on to the next largest species, the fin whale.
Scientists have always wondered about the booming melodies sung by endangered fin whales.
And farther down the coast, just south of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, whale-watchers spotted a fin whale - the first such sighting in over a hundred years.