whalebone
Kelime Anlamı :
1. balık dişi.
2. balina kemiği.
3. balina çubuk.
4. korseye konulan balina.
5. balina kemigi.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
the elastic, horny material forming the fringed plates that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales and strain plankton from the water. also called baleen.
2. an object made of this material.
2. an object made of this material.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. it is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. see baleen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
the elastic horny substance which grows in place of teeth in the upper jaw of whales of the family Balænidæ (hence called whalebone or bone whales), forming a series of thin parallel plates from a few inches to several feet long; baleen (which see).
2. something made of whalebone or baleen; a piece of whalebone prepared for some regular use: as, the whalebones of a corset.
3. specifically
4. in the middle ages, ivory from the narwhal, walrus, or other sea-creature, or supposed to be from such a source. see whale's bone, under whale, n.
5. made of or containing whalebone.
2. something made of whalebone or baleen; a piece of whalebone prepared for some regular use: as, the whalebones of a corset.
3. specifically
4. in the middle ages, ivory from the narwhal, walrus, or other sea-creature, or supposed to be from such a source. see whale's bone, under whale, n.
5. made of or containing whalebone.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia