Definition of Baeen
Ba*leen" (b&adot;*lēn"), n. [F.
baleine whale and whalebone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr.
fa`laina.] (Zoöl. & Com.) Plates or blades of
"whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which
in certain whales (Balænoidea) are attached side by side along
the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in
the mouth.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mystacoceti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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