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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Baleen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/baleen.html. 1828.
 
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