Baleen

noun

/ˈbeɪliːn/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounThe bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry

2.nounA baleen whale

Synonyms

whalebone whales baleen whale whalebone whale balenopterid toothless whale balaenopteroid whalefeed balaenopterid humpback whale minke whale bathybius

Rhymes With

keen obscene mean byzantine libertine careen lean demean

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