Word Meaning

Find the meaning or definition of a word or phrase in English


Meaning of baleen

- Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

Crossword clue for baleen

- Whalebone
Latest view
tartramicturkeyexpresswayscenttriangulatedchanticleercalcispongiaeferefaindescanterpalliateoslodarknesspurveyorgraziososhopbookericaceousspadilledivulgingglim
Popular word
waftshiplesscicerohunkthwite diableriestonishlitepreceptivescarab ministressscissorsplashypilotstudio stonerootsapotaceousgodhoodpearl eyedlocusting
Random Words
ModerChronographHarmonyMartialPerfectibility MartyrdomPlanulaTogasAirAdopter ContemporaneouslyCephalopodCensedKindlingFourteenth ChannelHomomorphyCongeGallYeoman