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baleen noun

  /bəˈliːn/ , /ˈbeɪliːn/
  • (physiology, uncountable) keratinous 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.
 balein
baleen whale
baleinwalvis
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