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WHALEBONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
Synonyms:
baleen; whalebone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whalebone" is a kind of...):
horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)
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