Noun: whalebone whale 'hweyl,bown weyl
- Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
"The whalebone whale strained enormous amounts of water through its mouth to capture tiny prey";
- baleen whale
Derived forms: whalebone whales
Type of: whale
Part of: Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti
Encyclopedia: Whalebone whale