Whales, dolphins and porpoises are divided into two groups: toothed and baleen.
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Baleen
//bəˈliːn//
Synonyms for "baleen" (14 found)
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28 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- бале́на noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
- китова кост noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鯨鬚 /鲸须 noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- kit mıyığı noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Czech
1 entries- kostice noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Dutch
1 entries- balein noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Esperanto
3 entries- balenlameno noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
- balenosto noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
- barto noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Finnish
1 entries- hetula noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
French
1 entries- fanon noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
German
1 entries- Barte noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Greek
2 entries- μπαλένα noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
- μπανέλα noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Ido
1 entries- barto noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Indonesian
1 entries- balin noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Italian
1 entries- fanone noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Māori
1 entries- pāhautea noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Northern Sami
1 entries- skuogga noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Persian
1 entries- صفحه شانهای noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Polish
1 entries- fiszbin noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Portuguese
1 entries- barbas de baleia noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Romanian
1 entries- fanon noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Russian
1 entries- кито́вый ус noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Spanish
1 entries- barbas de ballena noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Swahili
1 entries- mfupanyangumi noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Swedish
1 entries- bard noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кито́вий вус noun (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
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Baleen whales, such as gray and humpback whales, have hundreds of comb-like plates with stiff bristles growing from the upper jaw to strain small food from huge mouthfuls of water.
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These marine mammals, once hunted for their blubber and baleen, now support a thriving whale-watching industry.
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“You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”
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