baleen
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbeɪliːn/
baleen
- (physiology, uncountable) The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry
- (zoology, countable) a baleen whale
- French: fanon
- German: Barte
- Italian: fanone
- Portuguese: barbas de baleia
- Russian: кито́вый ус
- Spanish: barbas de ballena
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