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Baleen

Baleen Meaning & Definition
Baleen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Baleen?

[n] a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

Synonyms | Synonyms for Baleen: whalebone

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See Also | horn

Baleen In Webster's Dictionary

\Ba*leen"\, n. [F. baleine whale and whalibone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. ?. ] (Zo["o]l. & Com.) Plates or blades of ``whalebone,'' from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales ({Bal[ae]noidea}) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

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