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n. See whalebone.

n. The plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry

n. a baleen whale

n. 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.

n. A whale.

n. The sea-bream.

n. Whalebone in its natural state: a name given by whale-fishers.

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

"The fact that the krill are strained out of the water by the baleen is a matter of processing - it comes after the whale has taken a bite."

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