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whalebone

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted abeehlnowStarts with WEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Baleen from whales, formerly used in corsets, fans, and other stiffeners.

Word origin

From whale + bone.

Used in a sentence

  • “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”

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