balein — meaning in English

English meaning

• baleen noun The hard, comb-like material that hangs from the upper jaw of certain whales and is used to filter food from water; it was once used to stiffen corsets.
• bone noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.

Senses

balein is used for these senses in English:

• baleen (physiology, uncountable) 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.
• bone One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
• whalebone 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

baleen — full definition

1. noun The hard, comb-like material that hangs from the upper jaw of certain whales and is used to filter food from water; it was once used to stiffen corsets.
2. noun A whale that has these comb-like feeding plates instead of teeth.
3. noun Any kind of whale or large fish.

bone — full definition

1. noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
2. noun An off-white color resembling the shade of bone.
3. verb To remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking.

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