| 单词 | side of bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasside of bone side of bone n. either of the two series of baleen sheets in the mouth of a (baleen) whale. ΚΠ 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 456 Each series, or ‘side of bone’, as the whalefishers term it, consists of upwards of 300 laminæ. 1866 J. E. Gray Catal. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus. (ed. 2) 75 The fins or whalebones of each series together are called a ‘side of bone’; the largest are in the middle, whence they gradually diminish away to nothing at each extremity. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 552/2 One ‘side’ of bone is brought up at a time, and the heaving on board of this enormous mass evokes the keenest interest. 2001 H. Rossiter Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer ii. 49 The two sides of bone were removed from the mouth and hung in the rigging. 2005 Jrnl. Mammol. 86 343/1 A rack or side of baleen consists of all the baleen laminae from either the right or left side of the mouth still embedded in the gum.] < as lemmas |
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