| 单词 | finner | 
| 释义 | finnern. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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