BALEEN WHALE


Meaning of BALEEN WHALE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1874

: any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of usually large whales lacking teeth but having baleen which is used to filter chiefly small crustaceans (as krill) out of large quantities of seawater

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.