Whalebone

Language: English
Pronunciation: whale-bone
Part of Speech: noun

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The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

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"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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