razorback
Noun
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A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back;
A wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds;
Found chiefly in the southeastern United States (synset 102398809)is a type of: swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animalssame as: razorback hog, razorbacked hog -
Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin (synset 102066991)
is a type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the watersubtypes:
- balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
- balaenoptera borealis, sei whale - similar to but smaller than the finback whale
- balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
belongs to: balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whalessame as: rorqual
Adjective
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Having a sharp narrow back (synset 300202195)
"a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs"similar to: backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified typesame as: razor-backed
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