Meaning of Whalebone | Babel Free
Definitions
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Equivalents
العربية
عظمة الحوت
Deutsch
Fischbein
Ελληνικά
μπανέλα
Esperanto
balenosto
Español
ballena
Français
fanon
Galego
balea
Italiano
fanone
Nederlands
balein
Русский
кито́вый ус
Examples
““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.””
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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