'Finback' definitions:
Definition of 'finback'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus]
Definition of 'Finback'
From: GCIDE
- Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]