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Definition: Baleen Whale |
Baleen WhaleNoun1. Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Baleen WhaleSynonym: whalebone whale (n). (additional references) |
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Scientifically known as the Mysticeti, baleen whale, also called whalebone whale or great whale, is a suborder of the whale order. This suborder contains four families and fourteen species. (A list of species can be found at the whale article.) Its scientific name derives from the Greek word mystax, which means "moustache."
Baleen whales are larger than toothed whales, and the females are larger. They lack echolocation capabilities.
None of them has teeth. Instead, they have baleen, using which they engulf sea water containing crustaceans, then close their mouths and create internal pressure by raising their tongues toward the palates to push the water out, trapping small ocean animals, especially krills and planktons, inside.
This is called filter feeding, and is also used by flamingos. Even though individually the crustaceans are minuscule, the baleen whales take in an enormous volume of water containing them daily to maintain their survival.
There are several types of food-finding methods:
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, baleen whales were hunted for their oil and baleen. Their oil can be made into margarine and cooking oils. The function of baleen can be found in the baleen article.Feeding
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Crosswords: Baleen Whale |
| English words defined with "baleen whale": Balaenoidea. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
baleen whale | 48 |
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| Language | Translations for "baleen whale"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | aleenbay alewhay.(various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Balaenidae, Balaenoptera borealis, Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera physalus, Cetacea, Physeter catodon, Physeter macrocephalus. (various references) |
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"Baleen Whale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beleen whale, bleen whale. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-e-h-l-l-n-w" | |
-3 letters: healable. | |
-4 letters: balneal, enwheel, hewable. | |
-5 letters: baleen, enable, wallah. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 6C 65 65 6E 57 68 61 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01101100 01100101 01100101 01101110 00100000 01010111 01101000 01100001 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a l e e n   W h a l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 006C 0065 0065 006E 0057 0068 0061 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36677871718025774677871 |
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