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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any whale of the genera {Sibbaldius}, {Bal[ae]noptera}, and allied genera, of the family {Bal[ae]nopterid[ae]}, characterized by a prominent fin on the back The common finbacks of the New England coast are {Sibbaldius tectirostris} and {S. tuberosus}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: finback n : large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {finback whale}, {fin whale}, {common rorqual}, {Balaenoptera physalus}]
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