HyperDic: baleen

English > 1 sense of the word baleen:
NOUNsubstancebaleen, whalebonea horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales
baleen > pronunciation
Soundsbahliy'n
RhymesAberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn...
English > baleen: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.
Synonymwhalebone
BroaderhornThe material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
Spanishballena, barba de ballena, barbas de ballena
Catalanbalena

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