(n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
Example Sentences:
(1) In light of previous descriptions of Crassicauda infections in balaenopterids, this implied that C. boopis should at present be considered a renal parasite of fin whales, and perhaps other rorquals, throughout the world's oceans.
(2) The arms of the Y pass back and are superficially indicated in all rorqual whales as a ridge running parallel to the rami of the mandibles.
(3) The functional properties of haemoglobin from the Lesser Rorqual whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) have been characterized as a function of the heterotropic effector concentrations and temperature.
(4) Pig RNAase also has carbohydrate attached to asparagine-76 and is identical with lesser-rorqual RNAase in residues 76-98.
(5) Lesser-rorqual pancreatic RNAase is partially glycosidated (30%) at asparagine-76 in an Asn-Ser-Thr sequence (residues 76-78).
(6) The mandibular symphysis of rorqual whales, whales of the genera Megaptera and Balaenoptera, is characterized by a Y-shaped fibrocartilage structure that lies in the substance of the muscular ventral pouch of these animals.
(7) Pancreatic RNAase (ribonuclease) from the pike whale (lesser rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was isolated by affinity chromatography.
(8) The oxygen binding properties of the hemoglobin from the Lesser Rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, has been investigated with respect to the possible effects of organic phosphates on gas transport in arctic environments.
(9) In 2013, Norway caught 590 rorqual whales, far higher than the previous year.