rorqual

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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

Dozens of rorqual species have arisen and died off since the advent of lunge feeding.

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

From its sharp back and forked tail, I should pronounce it to have been a rorqual, or "finner," as they are called by the fishermen.

From The Captain of the Polestar by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir