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baleen whale
ba·leen whale (plural ba·leen whales)


noun 
Definition:
 
toothless whale: a large whale that has two blowholes and a set of horny fringed plates instead of teeth. Blue, gray, and right whales are baleen whales. Suborder Mysticeti.
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