baleen |
baleen whale | (n) whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water, Syn. whalebone whale |
whalebone | (n) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets, Syn. baleen |
Baleen | n. [ F. baleine whale and whalebone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. |
Fischbein { n }; Barte { f } | Fischbeine { pl }; Barten { pl } | whalebone; baleen | whalebones [Add to Longdo] |
Nahrungsaufnahme { f } durch Herausfiltern (bei Bartenwalen) [ zool. ] | filter feeding (of baleen whales) [Add to Longdo] |
Bartenwale { pl } [ zool. ] | baleen whales; mysticetes [Add to Longdo] |
鯨鬚 | [くじらひげ;げいしゅ;げいす, kujirahige ; geishu ; geisu] (n) (uk) whalebone; baleen [Add to Longdo] |
鬚鯨 | [ひげくじら;ヒゲクジラ, higekujira ; higekujira] (n) (uk) baleen whale; whalebone whale [Add to Longdo] |