finback
Example Sentences
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Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2019
And the bodies of 28 humpback and 17 finback whales washed up on beaches in Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 31, 2019
The black curve of a finback whale broke the surface of the grey water, and uninhabited islands dripped from the end of the continent like water from a leaky tap.
From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2019
If the finback swallowed Jonah, its throat should be big enough to fit him.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2012
The finback was obviously bent on a third onslaught upon the boat, which, being in spite of all the men’s exertions still more than half full of water, no longer answered readily to the rudder-oar.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.
