Phrase guide

baleen whale

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several large whales, of the parvorder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone (baleen) instead of teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whalebone whale

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: whale

Narrower terms: right whale, bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus, rorqual, razorback, blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus, humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: беззъ́б кит (bezzǎ́b kit) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬚鯨 /须鲸 (xūjīng) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Dutch: baleinwalvis — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Finnish: hetulavalas — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • French: baleine à fanons — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Galician: balea — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • German: Bartenwal — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Ido: baleno — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Italian: balenide — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Japanese: 鬚鯨 (higekujira) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Japanese: ヒゲクジラ (higekujira) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Korean: 수염고래 (suyeomgorae) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Occitan: balena de fanons — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Polish: fiszbinowiec — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Russian: уса́тый кит (usátyj kit) — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Spanish: ballena barbada — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Swahili: nyangumi mwenye mfupanyangumi — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Swedish: bardval — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder
  • Welsh: morfil balîn — whale of the Mysticeti parvorder