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BALEEN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does baleen mean?

• BALEEN (noun)
The noun BALEEN has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: BALEEN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BALEEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

baleen; whalebone

Hypernyms ("baleen" is a kind of...):

horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)

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