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| ba·leen [ bə ln ] |
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horny material on whale's jaw: a horny substance that grows as fringed plates from the upper jaws of some whales, acting to strain food, especially small crustaceans, from the water
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| [14th century. Via Old French balaine< Latin balaena "whale" < Greek phalaina] |
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