Swedish Meaning of baleen

bard

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Definitions and Meaning of baleen in English

Wordnet

baleen (n)

a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

Webster

baleen (n.)

Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

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bard

a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsetsPlates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet lo

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baled => balad, balearic islands => Balearerna, balearic => balearisk, bale out => rädda, bale => bal,