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rorqual

[rawr-kwuhl] / ˈrɔr kwəl /


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She’d like to see a different family of whales examined for comparison, as the three individuals studied were all juvenile rorqual whales.

From National Geographic Feb. 21, 2024

New research provides a fuller understanding of this species, focusing on a foraging behavior called lunge-feeding that it shares with the other members of its cetacean group, the rorqual whales.

From Reuters Mar. 15, 2023

It may be clear why rorqual whales are so large in general, but of these giants, why are blue whales so much larger than all the others?

From Scientific American Jul. 31, 2020

Like other rorqual whales, humpbacks’ throats expand in rubbery pleats reaching down to their navels.

From The Guardian Jun. 20, 2018

DESCRIPTION.—External characteristics those of the genus, but from Mr. Blyth's observations the lower jaw of this species is more slender in proportion to its size than that of any other rorqual or even right whale.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale




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