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Definitions of rorqual

noun
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
noun
any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

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whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

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