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Noun: whalebone whale  'hweyl,bown weyl
  1. Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
    - baleen whale

Derived forms: whalebone whales

Type of: whale

Part of: Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti

Encyclopedia: Whalebone whale