baleen

baleen is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

   Synonyms: whalebone

Synonyms

whalebone

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enable

Common word forms

baleens

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