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Balaelignoidea

A division of the Cetacea including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen See Baleen...


Baleen

Plates or blades of ldquowhalebonerdquo from two to twelve feet long and sometimes a foot wide which in certain whales Balaelignoidea are attached side by side along the upper jaw and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth...


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