Baleen is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BALEEN in dictionary:

NOUN:
• whalebone
• Plates or blades of \"whalebone,\" from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
• a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

Words related to BALEEN

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Words that contain BALEEN

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How to use BALEEN in a sentence

• In this respect it differs much from the baleen whales, which have a narrow gullet.
• The baleen is then cut out, and the carcase abandoned to the sharks, killer whales, and sea birds.
• Many of them grow to enormous size, far exceeding any of the baleen whales.
• Another Arctic titbit is that fleshy cushion of the jaw of the whale which in life holds the baleen.
• Whalebone whips are made from single pieces of baleen seven or eight feet long.
• Shredded into fine filaments, baleen is now woven in with the other fibres in the manufacture of the finest French silks, imparting resilience and elasticity to the rich material.

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