Translation of "baleen" into Icelandic

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baleen noun grammar

(physiology, uncountable) The plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mystacoceti , which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry [..]

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  • skíði

    noun

    On each side of the whales’ upper jaw are filtering structures made up of hundreds of baleen plates that are fringed with fine hairs.

    Nokkur hundruð skíði standa beggja megin niður úr efri skolti dýrsins. Skíðisplöturnar eru með fínum kögurhárum sem mynda síur.

  • Skíði

    proper Proper noun

    keratin structure in whales, used for flexible stiffening

    On each side of the whales’ upper jaw are filtering structures made up of hundreds of baleen plates that are fringed with fine hairs.

    Nokkur hundruð skíði standa beggja megin niður úr efri skolti dýrsins. Skíðisplöturnar eru með fínum kögurhárum sem mynda síur.

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