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Baleen 1

Definition: 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.

baleen 2

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

 

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