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Vinony

whalebone

noun

  1. material comprising the bone of whales, different from "whalebone" or "baleen"
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From whale + bone.

  1. The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

    ““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.””