WHALEBONE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

baleen; whalebone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("whalebone" is a kind of...):

horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)

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