Thesaurus: baleen

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1. n. Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
2. n. a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
3. Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balænoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
4. Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long,and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balænoidea) areattached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelikesieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
5. n:100 n a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets