Finback

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]