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Significados de whalebone en inglés

portugués
barbas de baleia
catalán
balena
español
barbas de ballena
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A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.

barbas de ballena
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Examples for "baleen"
Examples for "baleen"
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There was just time to run to the rescue of the baleen whales.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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His baleen was yellowed and corrupt, honeycombed like a Chinese puzzle.
Winter’s Tale
3
He has enormous teeth or tushes in the lower jaw, but has no baleen.
Ranching, Sport and Travel
4
Whalebone whips are made from single pieces of baleen seven or eight feet long.
The New North
5
It's made of the baleen, mixed with sintered yak wool.
And the deep blue sea
Uso de whalebone en inglés
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The whalebone Divinity in the Home Town passed out of his Life.
Ade's Fables
2
The stretchers were of cane, and the ribs of cane or whalebone.
Umbrellas and Their History
3
This produces an elastic fiber intermediate in stiffness between twine and whalebone.
Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
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So I made her a tail of whalebone and India-rubber and yarn.
A British Islander / From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
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She handed Little a good-sized affair of lace and silk and whalebone.
Condensed Novels
6
The irksomeness was added to by a horrible harness largely of whalebone.
The Real Adventure
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The thought of De Malfort's ridicule cut her like a whalebone whip.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
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Many girls chose abortion, a hazardous internal stabbing with a whalebone speculum.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
9
How could Patty come here, and dressed in silk and whalebone too?
The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 1 (of 2)
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The quality of the whalebone also differs in the different species.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
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Those with whalebone have rudimentary teeth in both jaws in the fœtal state.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 / Zoo...
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Name's Mervin; all whipcord and whalebone; springy as a bent bow.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
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In like manner the devil fish feeds, except that it has no whalebone.
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor...
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The longer Richard contemplated Inspector Val the more he felt his whalebone sort.
The President: A Novel
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In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.
The Long Labrador Trail
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No whalebone on Miss Tomson but perhaps a lot on Matilda.
A singular man
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Whalebone a través del tiempo
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