finback
Example Sentences
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Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
And the bodies of 28 humpback and 17 finback whales washed up on beaches in Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 31, 2019
The pair have chased a finback whale from Campobello to Brier Island in the middle of the night.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2018
If Jonah had been swallowed by a big fish, perhaps the big fish was a whale, and that whale could have been something like a 90-foot finback.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
Had they not in view, more likely, a "finback" mammifer, as well known by the name "jubarte," which is provided with a dorsal fin, and whose length may equal that of the "right" whale?
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
