baleen noun.
[bǝ'li:n] ME.[Old & mod. French baleine whale, from Latin balaena.]1. A whale.
ME-E17.2. Whalebone.
ME.3. Some kind of fish, perhaps sea bream.
ME-L16.
Comb.:
baleen whale any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, members of which yield whalebone.
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