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baleen

/buh-leen/US // bəˈlin //UK // (bəˈliːn) //

鲸鱼,鲸类,鲸须,鲸鱼皮

Related Words

mammal哺乳动物,哺乳类动物,哺乳类,哺乳动物类porpoise鼠海豚,江豚,海豚,鼠辈whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼cetacean鲸类动物,鲸目动物,鲸类,鲸鱼类grampus沼泽地,沼泽,大猩猩,沼气finback鳍背,翅背,翅背式,鳍状物beluga白鲸,白鲸鱼,白鲸号,白鲟rorqual润格,润华,润华公司,润华集团narwhal独角鲸,一角鲸,独角兽,独角仙orca虎鲸,鲸鱼,虎鲸号,逆戟鲸cetaCETAcete圆锥体,圆顶,圆柱体orc兽人,兽人族,兽族,兽族人seiSEI

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; whalebone.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwhale
Synonyms
mammal哺乳动物,哺乳类动物,哺乳类,哺乳动物类porpoise鼠海豚,江豚,海豚,鼠辈beluga白鲸,白鲸鱼,白鲸号,白鲟cetacean鲸类动物,鲸目动物,鲸类,鲸鱼类finback鳍背,翅背,翅背式,鳍状物grampus沼泽地,沼泽,大猩猩,沼气narwhal独角鲸,一角鲸,独角兽,独角仙orca虎鲸,鲸鱼,虎鲸号,逆戟鲸rorqual润格,润华,润华公司,润华集团whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼cetaCETAcete圆锥体,圆顶,圆柱体orc兽人,兽人族,兽族,兽族人seiSEI

Examples

  • Songs resonated with people as something that individuals did, and was not just some feature of a species like their baleen or the shape of their flippers.

  • That baleen is made of keratin — the same stuff as hair — and lets the whale filter krill and other small invertebrates from the water to eat.

  • Earlier sea ice melting and warmer surface water means more krill and other food for these baleen feeders.

  • The ulna and radius in the rorquals are also comparatively longer than in the baleen whales.

  • In this respect it differs much from the baleen whales, which have a narrow gullet.

  • The baleen is then cut out, and the carcase abandoned to the sharks, killer whales, and sea birds.

  • Many of them grow to enormous size, far exceeding any of the baleen whales.

  • So, also, the baleen of the whale and the teeth of the land mammalia are different organs.

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