“finner”的英文意思_释义_用法

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finner

释义

finner|ˈfɪnə(r)|
[f. fin n.¹ + -er¹.]
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.
1793Statist. Acc. Scotl. V. 190 These [whales] commonly measure from 60 to 90 feet in length and are denominated finners.1822Scott Pirate ii, The Berserkars used to..snap them [swords and spears] all up into pieces, as a finner would go through a herring net.1855E. Forbes Lit. Papers v. 152 The mighty finners (Balænoptera), whose prodigious fleetness makes them too dangerous to encounter.1865Athenæum No. 1987. 732/3 Skeleton of a finner whale.1880Daily News 8 Dec. 6/7 The great northern Rorqual Razorback, or ‘Finner’.
2. = finnoc.
1803J. Mackenzie Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. II. 377 Finners or finnocs, which usually abound in every salmon river, have fins of a yellow colour.

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