rorqualn.

Brit.

/ˈrɔːkw(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈrɔrkw(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rorqual.

Etymology: < French rorqual (1789) < Norwegian regional (Nynorsk) røyrkval (also †røyderkval ; compare (Bokmål) røyrhval ), cognate with Old Icelandic reyðarhvalr < reyðar- , combining form of reyðr kind of whale (apparently used for more than one species), arctic char (Norwegian røyr , in Nynorsk also as †røyder , now only in sense ‘arctic char’; < the Scandinavian base of rauðr red adj.) + hvalr whale n.Since the whales are not red or even reddish, the semantic motivation for the name is unclear. It has been suggested that it refers to the animals as providers of red meat and was originally used to avoid a taboo on mentioning the whales' name at sea (see W. B. Lockwood in Maal og minne 1-2 (1994) 33-4).

Any of various baleen whales constituting the family Balaenopteridae, having a streamlined profile, a small dorsal fin, and pleated skin under the throat; esp. (in full common rorqual) the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, and (in full lesser rorqual) the minke whale, B. acutorostrata. Frequently with distinguishing word.Sibbald's rorqual: see the first element.

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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

1823 Encycl. Brit. V. 333/1 Balæna Musculus, the Round-lipped Whale. French and Greenland, Rorqual; Iceland, Steipe, Reydus.]

1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 388 A majority of the cetacea appear to possess only three phalanges..; the rorqual (a species of Balæna) and the Delphinus Delphis present as many as seven.

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 149 The Rorquals (Balænoptera) have a dorsal fin, and are subdivided according as the belly is smooth or wrinkled.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 115 The species was no doubt the great rorqual.

1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 61 Finbacks, a species of rorqual, were always pretty numerous.

1934 Sci. Monthly May 425/2 The longest story which I have encountered attributes to the Rorquals the ability to remain submerged for from eight to twelve hours.

1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fishes 280 Lastly comes the lesser rorqual or pike whale, B. acutorostrata, which never exceeds about thirty feet.

1971 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals (ed. 3) 310 The Finner Whale or Common Rorqual..is second in size to the Blue Whale.

2001 BBC Wildlife Sept. (Blue Planet Suppl.) 22/3 Sei whales belong to a family of giants—the rorquals—which also includes blues and humpbacks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rorqual
释义	rorqualn. Brit. /ˈrɔːkw(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈrɔrkw(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rorqual. Etymology: < French rorqual (1789) < Norwegian regional (Nynorsk) røyrkval (also †røyderkval ; compare (Bokmål) røyrhval ), cognate with Old Icelandic reyðarhvalr < reyðar- , combining form of reyðr kind of whale (apparently used for more than one species), arctic char (Norwegian røyr , in Nynorsk also as †røyder , now only in sense ‘arctic char’; < the Scandinavian base of rauðr red adj.) + hvalr whale n.Since the whales are not red or even reddish, the semantic motivation for the name is unclear. It has been suggested that it refers to the animals as providers of red meat and was originally used to avoid a taboo on mentioning the whales' name at sea (see W. B. Lockwood in Maal og minne 1-2 (1994) 33-4). Any of various baleen whales constituting the family Balaenopteridae, having a streamlined profile, a small dorsal fin, and pleated skin under the throat; esp. (in full common rorqual) the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, and (in full lesser rorqual) the minke whale, B. acutorostrata. Frequently with distinguishing word.Sibbald's rorqual: see the first element. 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 1823 Encycl. Brit. V. 333/1 Balæna Musculus, the Round-lipped Whale. French and Greenland, Rorqual; Iceland, Steipe, Reydus.] 1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 388 A majority of the cetacea appear to possess only three phalanges..; the rorqual (a species of Balæna) and the Delphinus Delphis present as many as seven. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 149 The Rorquals (Balænoptera) have a dorsal fin, and are subdivided according as the belly is smooth or wrinkled. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 115 The species was no doubt the great rorqual. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 61 Finbacks, a species of rorqual, were always pretty numerous. 1934 Sci. Monthly May 425/2 The longest story which I have encountered attributes to the Rorquals the ability to remain submerged for from eight to twelve hours. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fishes 280 Lastly comes the lesser rorqual or pike whale, B. acutorostrata, which never exceeds about thirty feet. 1971 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals (ed. 3) 310 The Finner Whale or Common Rorqual..is second in size to the Blue Whale. 2001 BBC Wildlife Sept. (Blue Planet Suppl.) 22/3 Sei whales belong to a family of giants—the rorquals—which also includes blues and humpbacks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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