rorqual
/ˈrɔːkw(ə)l
/noun
A baleen whale of streamlined appearance with pleated skin on the underside.
- Family Balaenopteridae: two genera and six species, including the common rorqual (or fin whale).
- Fairly secretive visitors among the larger rorquals are the fin whale and its slightly smaller cousin, the sei whale.
- The research shows that rorquals, commonly referred to as Bryde's whales, actually represent three distinct species.
Origin
Early 19th century: via French from Norwegian røyrkval, from Old Norse reythr, the specific name, + hvalr 'whale'.
- straight-laced
- straight-line
- straightly
- straight man
- straightness
- straight off (or out)
- straight (or right) away
- straight pool
- straight razor
- straight shooter
- straight-shooting
- straight-six
- straight stitch
- straight-talking
- straight-thinking
- straight time
- straight up
- straightway
- strain
- strainable
- strain at the leash
- strained
- strain energy
- strainer
- strain every nerve