(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:53:11

Gib*bar"tas (?), n. [Cf. Ar. jebbar giant; or L. gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar.] Zool.

One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale.

[Written also jubartas, gubertas, dubertus.]

 

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