Definitions from Wiktionary (baleen)
▸ noun: (physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
▸ noun: (zoology, countable) A baleen whale.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A whale or other large fish.
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▸ noun: (physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
▸ noun: (zoology, countable) A baleen whale.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A whale or other large fish.
Similar:
whalebone,
baleen whale,
whalebone whale,
balenopterid,
toothless whale,
balaenopteroid,
whalefeed,
balaenopterid,
humpback whale,
minke whale,
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