RAZORBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does razorback mean? 

• RAZORBACK (noun)
  The noun RAZORBACK has 2 senses:

1. 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

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

  Familiarity information: RAZORBACK used as a noun is rare.

• RAZORBACK (adjective)
  The adjective RAZORBACK has 1 sense:

1. having a sharp narrow back

  Familiarity information: RAZORBACK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAZORBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

razorback; razorback hog; razorbacked hog

Hypernyms ("razorback" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Derivation:

razorback (having a sharp narrow back)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

razorback; rorqual

Hypernyms ("razorback" is a kind of...):

baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "razorback"):

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)

Holonyms ("razorback" is a member of...):

Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae (rorquals; blue whales)

• RAZORBACK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a sharp narrow back

Synonyms:

razor-backed; razorback

Context example:

razorback hogs

Similar:

backed (having a back or backing, usually of a specified type)

Derivation:

razorback (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)