Betekenis (Engels)
- (uncountable) keratinous 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.
- (countable) A baleen whale (Mysticeti).
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A whale or other large fish.
Sinonieme
whale bone
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/bəˈliːn/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English baleyne, from Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from Latin balaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”).
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