Look up: Whalebone

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   whalebone
   [n] - a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales
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   whalebone
   curved, horny blade with a kind of fringe Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Whalebone
   Whale'bone` noun A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen . » Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead, or Greenland, whale, the Biscay whale, and the Antarctic, or southern, whale. It is prepared for manufacture by being softened by bo ...
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   whalebone
   baleen noun 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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   Whalebone
   • (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
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   whalebone
   series of stiff keratinous plates in the mouths of baleen whales, used to strain plankton from seawater. Whalebone was once important in the ... [5 related articles]
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   whalebone
   whalebone: see whale.
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