BALEEN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales
   • used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
   Synonym(s)
   • whalebone (what does whalebone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) baleen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • horn (what does horn mean?)