rorqual

noun

any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

Roots

reythrror- · Norwegian · red, reddish hvalrqual- · Norwegian · whale

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The word rorqual breaks down into 2 roots of Norwegian origin: ror, from Norwegian reythr (“red, reddish”); and qual, from Norwegian hvalr (“whale”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.