WHALEBONE WHALE

Meaning of WHALEBONE WHALE in English

any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water. Also called baleen whale . Cf. toothed whale .

[ 1715-25 ]

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WHALEBONE WHALE — noun Date: 1725 baleen whale
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHALEBONE WHALE — noun : any of various usually large whales having in the adult plates of baleen dependent from the upper jaw …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALEBONE WHALE — Date: 1725 : baleen whale
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALEBONE WHALE — Function: noun Date: 1725 : BALEEN WHALE
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHALEBONE WHALE — ■ noun another term for baleen whale .
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALEBONE WHALE — [whalebone whale] n (1725): baleen whale
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALEBONE — noun Date: 15th century baleen , an article made of ~
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: whale (I) + bone 1. : baleen 2. : an article …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used …
Английский словарь Webster
WHALEBONE — ( n. ) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — /hwayl"bohn', wayl"-/ , n. 1. an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — n. horny and elastic material taken from the upper jaw of some whales (formerly used in making the ribs of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALEBONE — noun Date: 15th century 1. : baleen 2. : an article made of whalebone
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALEBONE — noun a firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. it is used …
Webster English vocab
WHALEBONE — ■ noun an elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALEBONE — [whale.bone] n (1601) 1: baleen 2: an article made of whalebone
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALEBONE — also called Baleen Plate, series of horny plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALEBONE — whalebone BrE AmE ˈweɪ ə l bəʊn ˈhweɪ ə l- AmE \ -boʊn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — / ˈweɪlbəʊn; NAmE -boʊn/ noun [ U ] a thin hard substance found in the upper jaw of some types …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — whale ‧ bone /ˈweɪlbəʊn $ -boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a hard substance taken from the upper jaw of whales, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALEBONE — n. an elastic horny substance growing in thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales, used as stiffening …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALEBONE — n. an elastic horny substance growing in thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales, used as stiffening …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — n. an elastic horny substance growing in thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales, used as stiffening …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — 1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — ( whales) 1. Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. N-COUNT see also killer whale , sperm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ From the whalebone bodices of the nineteen hundreds to the flimsy teasers of the nineties. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE — [noun] [C] - a very large sea mammalIf you have a whale of a time you enjoy yourself very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
WHALE — n. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beached , stranded ( esp. BrE ) … OF WHALES ▪ pod , school VERB + WHALE ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHALE — As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WHALEBONE — сущ. 1) китовый ус 2) изделие из китового уса китовый ус пластинки из китового уса (в корсетах) в грам. знач. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I 1. сущ. 1) кит to harpoon a whale ≈ забить кита гарпуном blue whale ≈ голубой кит white whale …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALEBONE — Китовый ус
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHALEBONE — n 1. китовый ус 2. пластинки из китового уса ( в корсетах ) 3. в грам. знач. прил. 1> на …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHALE — whale.ogg _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHALEBONE — китовый ус
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHALEBONE — китовый ус
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHALEBONE — китовый ус изделие из китового уса
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHALE — I whale сущ.1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHALEBONE — (n) пластинки из китового уса
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHALEBONE — (a) затянутый в корсет; китовый ус; чопорный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHALEBONE — (0) на китовом усе
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHALEBONE — n 1. китовый ус 2. пластинки из китового уса ( в корсетах ) 3. в грам. знач. прил. 1) на …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHALEBONE — n 1. китовый ус 2. пластинки из китового уса ( в корсетах ) 3. в грам. знач. прил. 1> на …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита whale …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHALEBONE — n. китовый ус, изделие из китового уса
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WHALEBONE — n. китовый ус, изделие из китового уса
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHALE — I weɪl 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHALE — I [¦ўЎ®] whale.wav 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale — серый …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные (Cetacea) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked whale - Atlantic right whale - Baird's beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные ( Cetacea ) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHALE — _I 1. _n. 1> кит; bull whale - кит-самец; cow whale - самка кита 2> a whale of - _собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WHALE — I 1. n. 1. кит; bull whale - кит-самец; cow whale - самка кита 2. a whale of - собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

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