whalebone

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Synonyms: whale bone, whaleboat, sharebone, whalebones, whalesong, whale on, whales bone

Antonyms: whale bone, whaleboat, sharebone, whalebones, whalesong, whale on, whales bone

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Noun

1. The [[horny]] material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of [[baleen whale]]s that is used to filter [[plankton]]; once used as [[stay]]s in [[corset]]s

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