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razorback

Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ( Physalus antiquorum, or Bal[ae]noptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.

Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other related species of finback whales.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
razorback

type of pig with a sharp ridge-like back, 1849, from razor (n.) + back (n.). Especially of feral hogs in the U.S. South. Also used of narrow ridges of land.

Wiktionary
razorback

n. (context US southeastern US informal English) A thin feral pig.

WordNet
razorback

adj. having a sharp narrow back; "a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs" [syn: razor-backed]

razorback
  1. n. 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 [syn: razorback hog, razorbacked hog]

  2. any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin [syn: rorqual]

Wikipedia
Razorback (film)

Razorback is a 1984 Australian natural horror film written by Everett De Roche, based on Peter Brennan's novel, and directed by Russell Mulcahy. The film revolves around the attacks of a gigantic wild boar terrorizing the Australian outback, killing and devouring people.

Razorback (comics)

Razorback (Buford Hollis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Razorback (disambiguation)

Razorback is a colloquial term in the United States and Australia for a type of feral pig.

Razorback may also refer to:

  • The Fin Whale
  • Razorback (film), a 1984 Australian horror film
  • Razorback (band), a Filipino rock band
  • Arkansas Razorbacks, the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • USS Razorback, a World War 2 submarine
  • West Sydney Razorbacks, an Australian professional basketball team
  • Razorback2, a former server on the eDonkey filesharing network
  • Dean Razorback, a guitar
  • Razorback (comics), Buford Hollis, a comic book character introduced in the pages of Spectacular Spider-Man in 1977
  • The Razorbacks, a Canadian rockabilly band
  • Razorback (Warhammer 40,000), an infantry fighting vehicle, used by the Adeptus Astartes in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe
  • Early models of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft
  • An unlockable item in Team Fortress 2
  • Razorback, New South Wales, a locality in New South Wales, Australia
  • Rüsselsheim Razorbacks, a defunct American football Team from Rüsselsheim, Germany
  • A beer by Ringwood Brewery
Razorback (band)

Razorback is a Filipino hard rock band formed in 1990. Originally known for being regulars at the now-defunct Kalye, a club in Makati, the band has performed at full-scale concerts and opened for Silverchair, Rage Against the Machine and Metallica.

Usage examples of "razorback".

Man stood in the dark along with the canvasmen and razorbacks, and the performers who had concluded their acts.

This section of Otaria was thick with both venom hunters and constrictors-from the small but lethal jade adder to the medium-sized razorback rattler to the enormous rock python that could swallow a man whole.

Arnstein knew, but lean bristly vicious things like piney-wood razorbacks, three-quarters wild.

When Buffy first arrived, and had been assigned to be lab partners with Blayne (his previous lab partner had transferred out the week after school began), the hero of the varsity football Razorbacks tried to make time with her.

That's the tail of Daniel Webster, the finest derned razorback boar which ever trod the Humbolts!

In the village of Razorback a cat gave birth to a two-headed kitten, but since Greebo, by dint of considerable effort, was every male ancestor for the last thirty generations this probably wasn't all that portentous.

The hogs was brought in every night cause of the panthers, which was very common on the rivers, and he fed 'em garden trash and table slops and such so they wouldn't get no fishy taste from feeding on crabs and orsters at low tide like them old razorbacks of Richard Hamilton.

Well, the Boss Hostler sent Ansel to the Boss Porter, who sent him to the loading runs, where one of the razorbacks sent him off to the property man.

Monk appeared on deck an instant later with the squealing, kicking armful of razorback hog that was Habeas Corpus.

For the second time in my life, I was seeing a razorback hog, that ferocious feral pig that grows to a huge size.

Sometimes we'd get us a bear, and otherwise we'd live on razorback hog meat or venison.

Discovering a still-intact and unpillaged pen of domesticated razorbacks, Ahlitah quickly and effortlessly supplied a feast not only for himself but for his companions.