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rorqual

UK/ˈɹɔːkwəl//ˈɹɔɹkwəl/

rorqual noun: any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.

rorqual: any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to...
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Noun

rorqual (plural rorquals)

  1. Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
    • Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.2001 [1873], Frederick Paul Walter, transl., 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, Wikisource / Project Gutenberg, translation of Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne
    Synonyms:
    balaenopterid

rorqual meaning in Tamil

rorqual in Tamil

முதுகுத் துடுப்படைய திமிங்கில வகை, செந்நிறத் திமிங்கிலம்

Synonyms of rorqual

Forms of rorqual

pluralrorquals

Origin of rorqual

From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).

Words formed from rorqual

Questions about rorqual

What does rorqual mean?
Rorqual means any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
What is rorqual in Tamil?
Rorqual in Tamil is முதுகுத் துடுப்படைய திமிங்கில வகை, செந்நிறத் திமிங்கிலம். See Rorqual meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rorqual?
Rorqual is a noun.
How do you pronounce rorqual?
Rorqual is pronounced /ˈɹɔɹkwəl/ (US).
What is the plural of rorqual?
The plural of rorqual is rorquals.

Words near rorqual in the dictionary

  1. rorisite
  2. Rork
  3. Rorks
  4. RORO
  5. ROROs
  6. rorqual
  7. rorquals
  8. Rorrer
  9. Rorrers
  10. rorringtoniid
  11. RORs

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