rorquals
rorquals is the plural of rorqual.
Meaning of rorqual
Noun
rorqual (plural rorquals)
- 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
Phrases with rorquals
Questions about rorquals
- What is rorquals the plural of?
- Rorquals is the plural of rorqual.
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