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baleen - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'baleen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Baleen [ n.]
- 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.