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noun
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: baleen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horn
History
From whale + bone.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
