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What is a finback?

What is a finback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
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In 1871, Dr. Thomas Dwight, Jr. purchased a large finback whale and had the carcass towed to Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, where the bones were carefully cleaned.
Killer whales are the biggest dolphins, females finback are rounded but males one are triangular and can go up to 2 m high for old individuals!
Apparently nobody noticed that they were pushing around this dead 60 foot finback whale for possibly up to two days.
W'en I uz young 'n foolish, a finback range 'longside me one day, off de Seychelles.
You will see many minke whales as well as the star performer Captain Crocket, a renowned finback whale and her offspring.
The finback, also known as a fin whale, an endangered species and the second-biggest whale after the blue whale, is one of several types found in the waters off New York Harbor.

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