ALL meanings of baleen
ba·leen
B b - noun baleen whalebone 3
- noun baleen the horny, elastic plates that hang down in fringed, parallel columns from the upper jaw or palate of baleen whales and serve as a strainer that catches plankton while a whale is feeding 3
- noun baleen whalebone (def 1). 1
- noun baleen Whalebone. 1
- noun baleen (Uncountable Noun) (physiology) The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry. 0
- noun baleen (Countable Noun) (zoology) a baleen whale. 0