finnern.
/ˈfɪnə/, U.S. /ˈfɪnər/ 1. A name given to whales of the genus Balænoptera, esp. the Rorqual, from the fact of their having a dorsal fin. Also finner-whale.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual)
gibbert1601
jubartes1616
fin-fish1694
scrag-whale1701
fin-back1726
finner1793
razorback1815
rorqual1824
fin-whale1885
sei whale1912
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 190 These [whales] commonly measure from 60 to 90 feet in length and are denominated finners.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. ii. 29 The Berserkars..used to..snap them [sc. swords and spears] all into pieces as a finner would go through a herring-net.
1855 E. Forbes Lit. Papers v. 152 The mighty finners (Balænoptera), whose prodigious fleetness makes them too dangerous to encounter.
1865 Athenæum No. 1987. 732/3 Skeleton of a finner whale.
1880 Daily News 8 Dec. 6/7 The great northern Rorqual Razorback, or ‘Finner’.
2. = finnoc n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > trout (unspecified and miscellaneous) > white trout
finnoc1771
finner1803
silver-white?1834
white trout1861
1803 J. Mackenzie in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 377 Finners or finnocs, which usually abound in every salmon river, have fins of a yellow colour.
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