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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024whale•bone /ˈhweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Mammalsa flexible, hard, horny substance hanging from the upper jaws of certain whales, once used to make a corset stiffer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whale•bone (hwāl′bōn′, wāl′-),USA pronunciation n. - 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. - a thin strip of this substance, for stiffening a corset.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: whalebone /ˈweɪlˌbəʊn/ n - 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
- a thin strip of this substance, used in stiffening corsets, bodices, etc
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