Definitions for baleen whale
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
baleen′ whale′(n.)
Category: Mammals
Ref: whalebone whale.
Origin of baleen whale:
1870–75
Princeton's WordNet
baleen whale, whalebone whale(noun)
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
Wiktionary
baleen whale(Noun)
Any of several large whales, of the suborder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone instead of teeth
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