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finback

noun as in whale

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The much faster Finback harassed the EP-3E with mock interceptions.

Browne reminds us of the 2001 encounter between an American EP-3E surveillance aircraft and a Chinese "Finback" fighter jet.

The big sulphurbottom is a kind of finback, an' is the largest animal livin'.

Now, a finback is built more for speed an' has a big fin on the back—that's where it gets its name.

W'en I uz young 'n foolish, a finback range 'longside me one day, off de Seychelles.

I happened to be almost in at the death of the biggest finback ever taken.

This fish is termed finback on account of a fin on his back, differing in this particular from all other species of whale.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to finback, such as: mammal, porpoise, baleen, beluga, cetacean, and grampus.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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