baleen

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for baleen

baleen 🔊 /bʌliˈn/

baleen : තල්මසාගේ ඇට

baleen definition

Noun. Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.