different between whalebone vs baleen

English

Etymology

whale +? bone

Noun

whalebone (countable and uncountable, plural whalebones)

1. The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

Synonyms

• baleen

Translations

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.