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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Baleen (0.01945 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Baleen.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: baleen
janggut ikan paus
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: baleen
baleen
n : a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used
as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn:
whalebone]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Baleen
Baleen
\Ba*leen"\ (b[.a]*l[=e]n"), n. [F. baleine whale and
whalebone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. fa`laina. ] (Zo["o]l.
& Com.)
Plates or blades of
“whalebone,” from two to twelve feet
long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales
(
Bal[ae]noidea) are attached side by side along the upper
jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is
retained in the mouth.
[1913 Webster]
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