"baleen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Basque]

Head templates: {{head|eu|noun form}} baleen
  1. genitive plural of balea Tags: form-of, genitive, plural Form of: balea
    Sense id: en-baleen-eu-noun-yIGRuj1g Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 21 5 1 36 4

Noun [English]

IPA: /bəˈliːn/, /ˈbeɪliːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baleen.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baleen2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ʒødəlabiskɔt-baleen.wav Forms: baleens [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn, -eɪliːn Etymology: From Middle English baleyne, from Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from Latin balaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|baleyne}} Middle English baleyne, {{der|en|fro|baleine||whale, whalebone}} Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), {{uder|en|la|balaena||whale}} Latin balaena (“whale”), {{uder|en|grc|φάλαινα||whale}} Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} baleen (countable and uncountable, plural baleens)
  1. (physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology Categories (lifeform): Whales Synonyms: whalebone
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  2. (zoology, countable) A baleen whale. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (plates in mouth of baleen whale): балена (balena) (Bulgarian), китова кост (kitova kost) (Bulgarian), 鯨鬚 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲸须 (jīngxū) (Chinese Mandarin), kit mıyığı (Crimean Tatar), kostice [feminine] (Czech), balein [feminine] (Dutch), balenosto (Esperanto), balenlameno (Esperanto), barto (Esperanto), hetula (Finnish), fanon [masculine] (French), Barte [feminine] (German), μπανέλα (banéla) [feminine] (Greek), μπαλένα (baléna) [feminine] (Greek), barto (Ido), fanone [masculine] (Italian), pāhautea (Maori), صفحه شانهای (Persian), fiszbin [masculine] (Polish), barbas de baleia [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), fanon [neuter] (Romanian), кито́вый ус (kitóvyj us) [masculine] (Russian), barbas de ballena [feminine, plural] (Spanish), mfupanyangumi (Swahili), bard [common-gender] (Swedish), кито́вий вус (kytóvyj vus) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-baleen-en-noun-4CCxnRdR Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'plates in mouth of baleen whale': 42 54 3
  3. (obsolete) A whale or other large fish. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baleen-en-noun-0RsdMJjn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baleen whale, intrabaleen

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} baleen
  1. inflection of balear:
    third-person plural present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: balear
    Sense id: en-baleen-es-verb--P154k5O Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 21 5 1 36 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 23 6 1 42 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. inflection of balear:
    third-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, third-person Form of: balear
    Sense id: en-baleen-es-verb-ZSIzPzWn

Inflected forms

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