Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) A baleen whale (Mysticeti).
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A whale or other large fish.

Sinonieme

whale bone

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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