Synonyms for rorqual
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rawr-kwuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔr kwəl |
Top 10 synonyms for rorqual Other synonyms for the word rorqual
Définition of rorqual
- As in whale : noun cetacean mammal
- That of the extinct Halitherium recalls the pelvis of the Rorqual.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- What is temporary in the Rorqual appears to be permanent in the Sotalia.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- Another visitor, the Rorqual, is not welcomed by the fishermen.
- Extract from : « Within the Deep » by R. Cadwallader Smith
- It has, however, the general outline of a Rorqual, with a relatively small head.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- Captain Scoresby indeed mentions a Rorqual no less than 120 feet in length, but this is probably too great an estimate.
- Extract from : « The Beauties of Nature » by Sir John Lubbock
- The rorqual feeds partly upon the small creatures which it captures by means of its whalebone strainer, and partly upon fishes.
- Extract from : « The Animal World, A Book of Natural History » by Theodore Wood
- The only other rorqual to do so—the blue whale—raises the flukes slightly or not at all.
- Extract from : « Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic » by Stephen Leatherwood
- He came out to meet me upon the back of a mighty 'rorqual,' and a body-guard of four hundred picked narwhals swam before him.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Chesapeake » by George Alfred Townsend
- Rorqual, ror′kwal, n. a genus of whales of the largest size.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
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