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Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.

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rorqual

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/ˈɹɒɹkwəl/

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Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.

Japanese Meaning

バレエノプテリダエ科に属するクジラ。口の下から臍のあたりまで縦に走る皮膚の襞を持ち、摂餌時に口腔の容量が大幅に拡大できる。

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The marine biologist studied the feeding behavior of a rorqual as it engulfed a school of krill.

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海洋生物学者は、口の下から臍にかけて縦じわがあり、摂餌時に口を大きく膨らませられるヒゲクジラ科のクジラがオキアミの群れを丸呑みする摂食行動を研究した。

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Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.

Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.

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