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bone-eating snot flower worm — noun a worm like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea … Wiktionary
Whale's bone — Whale Whale, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. {Narwhal}, {Walrus}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any aquatic mammal of the order {Cetacea}, especially any one of the large… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Narborough Bone Mill — Coordinates: 52°40′58″N 0°33′39″E / 52.68278°N 0.56083°E / 52.68278; 0.56083 … Wikipedia
Where's the Bone? — Infobox Album Name = Where s the Bone? Type = studio Artist = The Pursuit of Happiness Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 41:18 Label = Iron Music Group Producer = Moe Berg, Aubrey Winfield Reviews = Last album = The Downward Road… … Wikipedia
whale|bone — «HWAYL BOHN», noun. 1. an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales and forming a series of thin, parallel plates; baleen. 2. a thin strip of this used for stiffening corsets and dresses … Useful english dictionary
whale·bone — /ˈweılˌboʊn/ noun [noncount] : a hard substance that is found in the jaw of some types of whales … Useful english dictionary
Whale — Whales are marine mammals which are neither dolphins (i.e. members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor porpoises. Orcas (Killer Whales) and Pilot whales have whale in their name, though they are dolphins for the purpose of… … Wikipedia
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Evolution of cetaceans — The approximately 80 modern species in the order Cetacea. A phylogeny showing the … Wikipedia
skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… … Universalium
