different between baleen vs minke

English

Etymology

From Middle English baleyne, from Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from Latin balaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (phálaina, “whale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?li?n/

Noun

baleen (countable and uncountable, plural baleens)

1. (obsolete) A whale or its flesh. [14th–17th c.]
2. (physiology, uncountable) The bony 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 [from 14th c.]
3. (zoology, countable) a baleen whale

Synonyms

• whalebone

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Baleen”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 635, column 2.

Anagrams

• enable

Spanish

Verb

baleen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of balear.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of balear.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of balear.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

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Noun

minke (plural minkes)

1. A minke whale, one of two species of baleen whales within Balaenoptera, the northern-dwelling species of which is often seen in coastal waters.

Hyponyms

• (minke whale): Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Anagrams

• kenim, mekin

Estonian

Noun

minke

1. partitive plural of mink

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

minke (present tense minkar, past tense minka, past participle minka, passive infinitive minkast, present participle minkande, imperative mink)

1. Alternative form of minka