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Fin
·noun A feather; a spline. II. Fin ·noun A blade of whalebone. III. Fin ·noun End; conclusion; obj...

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fin
An arm. A one finned fellow; a man who has lost an arm. SEA PHRASE. ...

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fin
[Anglo-Saxon, Finn]. A native of Finland; those are Fins who live by fishing. We use the whole for...

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Whale
·noun Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of whic...

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Whale
The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., "sea-monster"). It ...

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whale
A general term for various marine animals of the order Cetacea, including the most colossal of all a...

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Whale
As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Ver...

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Fin keel
·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

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Fin-footed
·adj Having palmate feet. II. Fin-footed ·adj Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe. ...

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Fin-toed
·adj Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate. ...

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long-fin
n. name given to the fish Caprodonschlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthiaslongimanus, ...

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caudal fin
The vertical median fin terminating the tail of fishes. ...

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dorsal fin
The median fin placed upon the back of fishes. ...

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fin-back
See finner. ...

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ventral fin
The posterior pair of fins under the body of fishes, corresponding to the hind legs of terrestrial q...

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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...

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Sperm whale
·- A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper ja...

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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen. ...

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gallan whale
The largest whale which visits the Hebrides. ...

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greenland whale
See right whale. ...

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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...

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furrowed whale
See rorqual ...

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sperm whale
Otherwise known as the cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus. A large cetacean, belonging to the divisi...

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whale-bird
A beautiful little bird seen hovering in flocks over the Southern Ocean, in search of the small crus...

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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...

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whale-calf
The young whale. ...

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whale-fisheries
The places at which the capture of whales, or "whale-fishery," is carried on. The principal are the ...

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Fin de siecle
·add. ·- Lit., end of the century; — mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...

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bottle-nosed whale
See bottle-nose ...

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hump-backed whale
A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and...

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japanese whale-boat
A long, open, and sharp rowing-boat of Japan. ...

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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...

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