finback

finback has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus.
• n.. large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific