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ba·leen (b

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See whalebone.

[Middle English balene, from Old French baleine, from Latin balaena, whale, from Greek phalaina; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

baleen [bəˈliːn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) whalebone

[from Latin bālaena whale; related to Greek phalaina whale]

baleen (b

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A flexible horny substance hanging in fringed plates from the upper jaw of baleen whales. It is used to strain plankton from seawater when feeding. Also called whalebone.

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Noun

baleen - a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

whalebone

horn - the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

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baleen (redirected from Whalebone rib)

baleen
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