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Meaning of "baleen"
Baleen: a filter-feeder system inside the mouths of baleen whales to feed on small sea creatures
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- 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.
- A baleen whale,
- A whale or other large fish.
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Baleen whales have rarely been kept in captivity.
The rows of plates are called baleen.
Observations of baleen whale births are extremely rare.
They also feed on dead baleen whales.
Baleen whales have a big body.
A small piece of baleen forms a beak.
Food of baleen whales with reference to whale movements.
This is what a baleen looks like.
Dead baleen whales spotted from the aircraft.
Lamakera used to hunt baleen whales.
Unlike baleen whales and some other large cetaceans.
Pelocetidae is an extinct family of baleen whales.
Emmett gray baleen migration.
Bowheads are among the more vocal of baleen whales.
Embryonic baleen whales have polydont teeth before birth.
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There have been attempts to keep baleen whales in captivity.
Minke whales are the smallest of the baleen.
Baleen whales are largely monogamous within each reproductive period.
Mysticete is the group name for baleen cetaceans.
Of a gray baleen migration as we speak.
She is not like any other baleen whale.
Baleen whales have bristles made of keratin instead of teeth.
The frequencies to which baleen whales are.
Baleen only came later.
Marginata is the smallest of all the baleen whales.
Ancestors of the baleen whales already had an excellent hearing.
The humpback is a species of baleen whale.
Baleen whales like to frequent the southernmost and northernmost seas.
The humpback is a baleen whale.
Baleen is a skin derivative.
Blue whales are baleen whales.
Baleen baskets are typically embellished with walrus ivory carvings.
This shape allows for especially long baleen plates.
A flying baleen whale.
Minkes are one of the smallest of all the baleen whales.
Baleen whales were generally the main source of whale oil.
They do not therefore migrate long distances as do baleen whales.
They use baleen filters made from a protein called keratin.
This asymmetry continues through a portion of the baleen plates.
Baleen whales appear.
During the morning a number of spouting baleen whales were seen.
These baleen whales are in some way the teeth of the animal.
How hispid its baleen.
Large baleen whales can eat tons of food every day.
Another example are the embryonic teeth of baleen whales.
How long baleen whales are able to survive without food.
The results are revealing and might be applicable to the baleen whales.
Baleen is certainly advanced.
There was just time to run to the rescue of the baleen whales.
In that period the total biomass of baleen whales was supposed to have halved.
