Definition of "long-finned" [long-finned]

• Having long fins, as a fish, or flippers, as the finner whale.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Furthermore, the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN states that the species is "data deficient" and the actual number of long-finned pilot whales that exist in the ocean today is unknown."
• "The IUCN estimate is that there are approximately 200,000 short-finned pilot whales, and that the number of long-finned pilot whales are much less."
• "Other species of small whales and dolphins present are the dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus (DD), Peale's dolphin L. australis (DD), Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii (DD) and long-finned pilot whale Globycephala melas."