fin whale

English

fin whale (plural fin whales)

A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus).
- 2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands (5th edition), Bradt Travel Guides, p. 7:
  The fin whale is a fast swimmer (around 30km/h) and generally lives in small groups numbering around five.

Balaenoptera physalus

Belarusian: фінва́л m (finvál)
Catalan: rorqual comú (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長鬚鯨／长须鲸 (zh) (chángxūjīng)
Danish: rørhval c, finhval (da) c
Dutch: vinvis (nl)
Faroese: nebbafiskur m
Finnish: sillivalas (fi)
French: rorqual commun (fr) m
German: Finnwal (de) m
Greek: πτεροφάλαινα f (pterofálaina)
Greenlandic: tikaagulliusaaq
Icelandic: langreyður (is) f
Norwegian: finnhval m
Portuguese: baleia-fin f, baleia-comum (pt) f
Russian: финва́л (ru) m (finvál), сельдяно́й кит m (selʹdjanój kit), обыкнове́нный полоса́тик m (obyknovénnyj polosátik), сельдяно́й полоса́тик m (selʹdjanój polosátik), настоя́щий полоса́тик m (nastojáščij polosátik)
Spanish: ballena de aleta f
Swedish: sillval (sv) c
Ukrainian: фінва́л m (finvál)

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