finback
Second-largest whale
A finback is a large whale, more commonly called a fin whale—the second-largest animal on Earth after the blue whale.
The name refers to the prominent dorsal fin near the tail.
We spotted a finback breaching off the coast.
Whale's filtering bristles
- platesFlat eating dishes
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
- flukeChance stroke of luck
rostrum · flipper · streamlined body · blubber · skin · vertebrae · rib cage · jaw
Of the open sea
- oceanicOf the sea
- deep waterSignificantly submerged aquatic zone
- open oceanSea far from shore
- migrationMovement to new territory
temperate · polar · Atlantic · Pacific · Antarctic · North Sea · offshore · continental shelf
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- whalingHunting large sea mammals
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- populationAll inhabitants combined
protected · moratorium · bycatch · habitat · monitoring · research · tracking · sanctuaries
Breaking through something
- spoutingEmitting in streams
- surfacingComing to the surface
- divingEntering water deliberately
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
solitary · speed · migration patterns · whale watching · deep dives · traveling · cruising
Extremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- lengthMeasure of extent
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
bulk · giant · immense · heavyweight · elongated · ocean giant · leviathan
Small marine crustaceans
- zooplanktonDrifting aquatic microorganisms
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- filter-feedingTrapping particles from water
- gulpHasty, large swallow
engulfing · prey · herring · capelin · squid · foraging · deep diving · hunting
baleen
Whale's filtering bristles
- platesFlat eating dishes
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
fluke · rostrum · flipper · streamlined body · blubber · skin · vertebrae · rib cage · jaw · skull
pelagic
Of the open sea
- oceanicOf the sea
- deep waterSignificantly submerged aquatic zone
- open oceanSea far from shore
migration · temperate · polar · Atlantic · Pacific · Antarctic · North Sea · offshore · continental shelf · breeding grounds
endangered
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- whalingHunting large sea mammals
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
population · protected · moratorium · bycatch · habitat · monitoring · research · tracking · sanctuaries · quotas
breaching
Breaking through something
vocalization · solitary · speed · migration patterns · whale watching · deep dives · traveling · cruising
massive
Extremely large and heavy
tonnage · bulk · giant · immense · heavyweight · elongated · ocean giant · leviathan
krill
Small marine crustaceans
- zooplanktonDrifting aquatic microorganisms
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- filter-feedingTrapping particles from water
gulp · engulfing · prey · herring · capelin · squid · foraging · deep diving · hunting
finbacktoothed whale
Cetacean bearing dentition
sperm whale · orca · killer whale · dolphin · porpoise
back, fin, fine, find, fins, finned, finning, dorsal fin, pectoral fin