baleen

英 [bə'liːn] 美

baleen (n.): early 14c., "whalebone," from Old French balaine (12c.) "whale, whalebone," from Latin ballaena, from Greek phallaina "whale" (apparently related to phallos "swollen penis," probably because of a whale's shape), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). Klein writes that the Greek to Latin transition was "through the medium of the Illyrian language, a fact which explains the transition of Gk. -ph- into Latin -b- (instead of -p-)."

1. Other baleen whales have splash guards too, but not like this.: 一些须鲸物种头顶也有护住喷水孔的构造, 但并不长成这样.

2. Baleen whales often appear in this region. Be careful!: 这一带经常有须鲸出没, 要注意安全啊!

4. The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea are the principal food baleen whales.: 形似虾的浮游甲壳动物;是长须鲸的主要食物来源.

5. Large baleen whales primarily use the lower frequencies and are often limited in their repertoire.: 大长须鲸最初使用低频,他们的全套本领很有限.