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Baleen   Listen
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Baleen  n.  (Zool. & Com.) 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.






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Words linked to "Baleen" :   baleen whale, whalebone



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