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/rˈeɪzərbˌæk/ Listen

Razorback

noun

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. Synonyms: 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. Synonym: rorqual.

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... first of these bays is formed by the junction of the Hut Point Peninsula with Erebus to the south, and by Glacier Tongue to the north. Crossing Glacier Tongue a party can descend on to the second bay beyond, the northern boundary of which is Cape Evans. The Dellbridge Islands, of which Great Razorback is in direct line between Glacier Tongue and Cape Evans, help to hold in any ice which forms here. The route had never been attempted before, but it was hoped that a way down from the Peninsula on to the frozen sea might be found at the Hutton Cliffs, an outcrop of lava rock in ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Words linked to "Razorback" : fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera borealis, piked whale, minke whale, baleen whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, family Balaenopteridae, swine, whalebone whale, sei whale, finback, finback whale, lesser rorqual, Balaenopteridae, backed, razorback hog, razor-backed, common rorqual