Baleen n. : 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.Example:What is the easiest and cheapest way to get a specimen of Baleen?Taxonomybaleen, baleen whales, Whales, baleen plates, upper jaw, hair, baleen plate, whalebone, free encyclopedia, filter feeding, feed, bone, species, mouth, prey, search, teeth, edges.Defination from the web:baleen plates in the upper jaw – flat, flexible plates with frayed edges, arranged in ... The blue whale, the largest animal alive and probably the largest animal to ever have lived, is a baleen whale. ...
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