Definition of baleen
- n. - Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet
long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea)
are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike
sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
- n. - Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet
long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea)
are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike
sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.