Whalebone Whale (Noun)
Meaning
Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The bowhead whale is a type of whalebone whale with a distinctive rounded head and plates of whalebone along the upper jaw.
- Humpback whales are known for their haunting songs and their reliance on plates of whalebone to filter tiny crustaceans from the water.
- In the winter months, gray whales migrate to warmer waters where they can feed on plankton using their plates of whalebone.
- The blue whale, the largest animal on Earth, uses its plates of whalebone to filter massive amounts of krill from the water every day.
- Whalebone whales like the fin whale have been hunted for centuries for their valuable plates of whalebone, which were used to make corsets and other items.