| NOUN | substance | baleen, whalebone | a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales |
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| Sounds | bahliy'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets. | |
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| Synonym | whalebone | |
| Broader | horn | The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails |
| Spanish | ballena, barba de ballena, barbas de ballena | |
| Catalan | balena | |
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