baleen

baleen
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la barba de ballena
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
It looked more like a whale shark than a gray whale. - I'm quite certain I saw a baleen.Parecía más un tiburón ballena que una ballena gris. - Estoy bastante seguro de que vi una barba de ballena.
b. la barba
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Blue whales don't have teeth? - No. They have baleen.¿Las ballenas azules no tienen dientes? - No. Tienen barbas.
c. la ballena
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
(material)
In the Victorian era, baleen was used to make corsets.En la época victoriana, las ballenas se utilizaban para la confección de corsés.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. barbado
The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale.La ballena jorobada es una especie de ballena barbada.
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