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How to pronounce “baleen”
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Pronunciation guide for baleen
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of baleen with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals 22 minutes
So the large baleen whales
- Definition summary
- (physiology, uncountable) 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.
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How to pronounce baleen
Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals 22 minutes
So the large baleen whales
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (physiology, uncountable) 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.
- (zoology, countable) A baleen whale (Mysticeti).
- (obsolete) A whale or other large fish.
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