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Meaning of GIBBARTAS

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gib*bar"tas\, n. [Cf. Ar. jebb[=a]r giant; or L.
gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; --
called also {Jupiter whale}. [Written also {jubartas},
{gubertas}, {dubertus}.]
 

 

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