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Definitions of whalebone
  1. noun
    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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  • scrimshaw a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
  • humpback large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
  • common rorqual large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
  • baleen whale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
  • megaptera novaeangliae large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
  • whalebone whale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
  • balaenoptera musculus largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
  • fin whale large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
  • finback large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
  • right whale large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
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