Word: whalebone

Category: whalebone

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Synonyms: whalebone

baleen

Translations: whalebone

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spanish
Translations:
ballena, hueso de ballena, barba de ballena, ballenas de mamíferos
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german
Translations:
fischbein, Fischbein, Barten
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french
Translations:
fanon de baleine, baleine, os de baleine, fanons, barbes
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italian
Translations:
osso di balena, altri mammiferi marini, di altri mammiferi marini, stecche di balena
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portuguese
Translations:
barbatana, osso de baleia, barbatana de baleia, ossos de baleia
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dutch
Translations:
balein, walvisbeen, walvisbaarden, walvisbaardhaar daaronder begrepen
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russian
Translations:
китовый ус, китового уса, ус, ус китовый, из китового уса
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norwegian
Translations:
hvalbarder, hvalbein, hvalben, av hvalbein
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swedish
Translations:
valfiskben, valbarder, valbardsborst, valben
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finnish
Translations:
valaanluu, hetulat, valaanhetulat, valaanluusta, helmiäisestä
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danish
Translations:
hvalbarder, fiskeben, barde, hvalben, hvalknogler
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czech
Translations:
kostice, kostic, jiných mořských savců, z kostic, nebo jiných mořských savců
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polish
Translations:
fiszbin, fiszbiny, fiszbinu, fiszbinami, z fiszbinami
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hungarian
Translations:
halcsont, bálnacsont, bálnacsontszőr, a halcsont, halcsontból
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turkish
Translations:
balina, balina kemiği, balina dişi, balina dişinin
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greek
Translations:
γένια, τα γένια, γένεια, μπαλένα, τα γένεια
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ukrainian
Translations:
китовий вус
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albanian
Translations:
balenave, të balenave
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bulgarian
Translations:
балена, бален, китови кости, китова кост, китове
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belarusian
Translations:
кітовы
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estonian
Translations:
vaalakius, kiussarvised, vaalaluu, vaalaluust, kilp
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croatian
Translations:
kitova kost, kost za mider
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icelandic
Translations:
hvalskíði
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lithuanian
Translations:
banginio ūsas, banginių ūsai, banginių ūsų, ūsai, banginių ūsų plokštelė
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latvian
Translations:
vaļa bārda, vaļu bārda, vaļu, bārda, vaļa bārdas
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macedonian
Translations:
балена
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romanian
Translations:
os de balenă, fanoane, balenă, oase de balenă, de balenă
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slovenian
Translations:
kitova, kitove kosti, ribje kosti, ribje, kitova kost
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slovak
Translations:
kostice, kostica

The meaning and "use of": whalebone

noun
  • an elastic horny substance that grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales and is used by them to strain plankton from the seawater. - The bow itself could be simply of wood or of a composite of horn or whalebone placed between two thin pieces of yew and covered in tendon, while steel bows appear from the 14th century.

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