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whalebone

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Noun

a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

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right whale finback whale humpback whale finback fin whale common rorqual balaenoptera physalus megaptera novaeangliae blue whale sulfur bottom more...

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