whalebone
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noun
1.
an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
2.
a thin strip of this substance, for stiffening a corset.
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| 1. | Also called: baleen 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 |
| 2. | a thin strip of this substance, used in stiffening corsets, bodices, etc |
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Whalebone
is always a great word to know.
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whalebone
series of stiff keratinous plates in the mouths of baleen whales, used to strain plankton from seawater. Whalebone was once important in the production of corsets, brushes, and other goods
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Example sentences
The walls were made from flagstone rock and the roofs were skins laid on wooden or whalebone rafters.
Corsets and hoop skirts were constructed from whalebone.
See one of the nation's last remaining whalebone sidewalk.
Nobody makes rugs or fine cabinetwork, or carves ladles out of whalebone.
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