"fin whale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fin whales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fin whale (plural fin whales)
  1. A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus). Wikipedia link: fin whale Categories (lifeform): Whales Synonyms: finback Translations (Balaenoptera physalus): фінва́л (finvál) [masculine] (Belarusian), rorqual comú [masculine] (Catalan), 長鬚鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 长须鲸 (chángxūjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), rørhval [common-gender] (Danish), finhval [common-gender] (Danish), vinvis (Dutch), nebbafiskur [masculine] (Faroese), sillivalas (Finnish), rorqual commun [masculine] (French), Finnwal [masculine] (German), πτεροφάλαινα (pterofálaina) [feminine] (Greek), tikaagulliusaaq (Greenlandic), langreyður [feminine] (Icelandic), finnhval [masculine] (Norwegian), baleia-fin [feminine] (Portuguese), baleia-comum [feminine] (Portuguese), финва́л (finvál) [masculine] (Russian), сельдяно́й кит (selʹdjanój kit) [masculine] (Russian), обыкнове́нный полоса́тик (obyknovénnyj polosátik) [masculine] (Russian), сельдяно́й полоса́тик (selʹdjanój polosátik) [masculine] (Russian), настоя́щий полоса́тик (nastojáščij polosátik) [masculine] (Russian), ballena de aleta [feminine] (Spanish), sillval [common-gender] (Swedish), фінва́л (finvál) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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