baleen / bəˈlin /

🎓大学词汇鲸鱼鲸类鲸须鲸鱼皮

baleen 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  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.

baleen 近义词

baleen

等同于 whale

更多baleen例句

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Earlier sea ice melting and warmer surface water means more krill and other food for these baleen feeders.
  4. The ulna and radius in the rorquals are also comparatively longer than in the baleen whales.
  5. In this respect it differs much from the baleen whales, which have a narrow gullet.
  6. The baleen is then cut out, and the carcase abandoned to the sharks, killer whales, and sea birds.
  7. Many of them grow to enormous size, far exceeding any of the baleen whales.
  8. So, also, the baleen of the whale and the teeth of the land mammalia are different organs.