whalebone

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whalebone /ˈweɪlˌbəʊn/

• 1. N a horny elastic material forming a series of numerous thin plates that hang from the upper jaw on either side of the palate in the toothless (whalebone) whales and strain plankton from water entering the mouth 鲸须 (Also called baleen)

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