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razorback

DEFINITIONS OF: razorback

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n a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States

Synonyms:
razorback hog, razorbacked hog
Type of:
swine
stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

n any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

Synonyms:
rorqual
Types:
Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
Balaenoptera borealis, sei whale
similar to but smaller than the finback whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale
small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
Type of:
baleen whale, whalebone whale
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

adj having a sharp narrow back

“razorback hogs”
Synonyms:
razor-backed
backed
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
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