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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Baleen \Ba*leen"\, n. [F. baleine whale and whalibone L. balaena a whale; cf Gr ?. ] (Zo["o]l. & Com.) Plates or blades of ``whalebone,'' from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales ({Bal[ae]noidea}) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: baleen n : a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: {whalebone}]
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