finback
/fin-bak/US // ˈfɪnˌbæk //UK // (ˈfɪnˌbæk) //
鳍背,翅背,翅背式,鳍状物
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n.名词 noun
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- : any baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera, having a prominent dorsal fin, especially B. physalus, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; rorqual: an endangered species.
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The much faster Finback harassed the EP-3E with mock interceptions.
Browne reminds us of the 2001 encounter between an American EP-3E surveillance aircraft and a Chinese "Finback" fighter jet.
The big sulphurbottom is a kind of finback, an' is the largest animal livin'.
Now, a finback is built more for speed an' has a big fin on the back—that's where it gets its name.
W'en I uz young 'n foolish, a finback range 'longside me one day, off de Seychelles.
I happened to be almost in at the death of the biggest finback ever taken.
This fish is termed finback on account of a fin on his back, differing in this particular from all other species of whale.
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