0%

whalebone whale

whale·bone whale
W w

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hweyl-bohn, weyl- hweyl, weyl]
    • /ˈʰweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl- ʰweɪl, weɪl/
    • /ˈweɪlbəʊn weɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hweyl-bohn, weyl- hweyl, weyl]
    • /ˈʰweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl- ʰweɪl, weɪl/

Definitions of whalebone whale words

  • noun whalebone whale any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water. 1
  • noun whalebone whale any whale belonging to the cetacean suborder Mysticeti, having a double blowhole and strips of whalebone between the jaws instead of teeth: includes the rorquals, right whales, and the blue whale 0
  • noun whalebone whale baleen whale 0
See all 3 definitions of whalebone whale

Information block about the term

Origin of whalebone whale

First appearance:

before 1715
One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1715-25

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whalebone whale

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Whalebone whale

whalebone whale popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

whalebone whale usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?