Whalebone
21whalebone — UK [ˈweɪlˌbəʊn] / US [ˈweɪlˌboʊn] / US [ˈhweɪlˌboʊn] noun [uncountable] a hard substance from whales that was used in the past to make women s clothing stiff …
22whalebone — /ˈweɪlboʊn / (say waylbohn) noun 1. an elastic horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen. 2. a thin strip of this material,… …
23whalebone whale — noun Date: 1725 baleen whale …
24Whalebone Court, Bow Lane — See Half Moon Court …
25whalebone whale — noun another term for baleen whale …
26whalebone tree — /ˈweɪlboʊn tri/ (say waylbohn tree) noun a small rainforest tree, Streblus brunonianus, with glossy green leaves and yellow fleshy berries; native to NSW and Qld, PNG and the Pacific Islands …
27whalebone whale — /ˈweɪlboʊn weɪl/ (say waylbohn wayl) noun → baleen whale …
28whalebone tree — noun : a medium sized tree (Pseudomorus brunoniana) of the family Moraceae of Norfolk island and Australia having yellow close grained hard wood …
29The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed — Cetacea Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The… …
30whalebonewhale — whalebone whale n. See baleen whale. * * * …