baleen
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BALEENCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BALEEN baleyne, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#BALEEN baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BALEEN balaena (“whale”)Category:English undefined derivations#BALEEN, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#BALEEN φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”)Category:English undefined derivations#BALEEN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈliːn/, /ˈbeɪliːn/Category:English 2-syllable words#BALEENCategory:English 2-syllable words#BALEENCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BALEEN
- Rhymes: -iːn, -eɪliːnCategory:Rhymes:English/iːn#BALEENCategory:Rhymes:English/iːn/2 syllables#BALEENCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪliːn#BALEENCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪliːn/2 syllables#BALEEN
Noun
baleen (countable and uncountable, plural baleens)Category:English lemmas#BALEENCategory:English nouns#BALEENCategory:English uncountable nouns#BALEENCategory:English countable nouns#BALEENCategory:English countable nouns#BALEENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BALEENCategory:Pages with entries#BALEENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BALEEN
- (physiologyCategory:en:Physiology#BALEEN, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BALEEN) 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.
- Synonym: whalebone
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 5, in The Subtle Minotaur:
- “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”Category:English terms with quotations#BALEEN
- (zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#BALEEN, countableCategory:English countable nouns#BALEEN) A baleen whale (Mysticeti).
- 2007, Lance E. Davis, In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits:
- Scammon estimates the number of baleens killed in the years 1835-72 at 131,000; once again, his figure needs to be adjusted.Category:English terms with quotations#BALEEN
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BALEEN) Any whale or large fish.
- 1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie:
- The Balene is a fishe great and huge, much like to the Whale, and is so called, because of his outcasting and shedding of water, for they throwe water higher then other great fishes of the sea.Category:English terms with quotations#BALEEN
Derived terms
Translations
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Baleen”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635, column 2.
Anagrams
Category:en:Whales#BALEENBasque
Noun
baleenCategory:Basque non-lemma forms#BALEENCategory:Basque noun forms#BALEENCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#BALEENCategory:Pages with entries#BALEENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BALEEN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈleen/ [baˈle.ẽn]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#BALEENCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BALEEN
- Rhymes: -eenCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/een#BALEENCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/een/3 syllables#BALEEN
- Syllabification: ba‧le‧en
Verb
baleenCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#BALEENCategory:Spanish verb forms#BALEENCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BALEENCategory:Pages with entries#BALEENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BALEEN
- inflection of balear: