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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: baleen, -baleen-
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
baleen

WordNet (3.0)
baleen whale(n) whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water, Syn. whalebone whale
whalebone(n) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets, Syn. baleen

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Baleen

n. [ F. baleine whale and whalebone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. fa`laina. ] (Zool. & Com.) Plates or blades of “whalebone, ” from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balænoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Fischbein { n }; Barte { f } | Fischbeine { pl }; Barten { pl }whalebone; baleen | whalebones [Add to Longdo]
Nahrungsaufnahme { f } durch Herausfiltern (bei Bartenwalen) [ zool. ]filter feeding (of baleen whales) [Add to Longdo]
Bartenwale { pl } [ zool. ]baleen whales; mysticetes [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
鯨鬚[くじらひげ;げいしゅ;げいす, kujirahige ; geishu ; geisu] (n) (uk) whalebone; baleen [Add to Longdo]
鬚鯨[ひげくじら;ヒゲクジラ, higekujira ; higekujira] (n) (uk) baleen whale; whalebone whale [Add to Longdo]

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