whalebone

whalebone
noun
  1. [mass noun]an elastic horny substance which grows in a series of thin parallel plates in the upper jaw of some whales and is used by them to strain plankton from the seawater
    鲸须。 亦称 baleen
    ■strips of this substance, much used formerly as stays in corsets and dresses[as modifier]
    鲸须制品
    a whalebone bodice.
    鲸须女式紧身胸衣。
    ■bone or ivory from a whale or walrus
    鲸(海象)骨;鲸(海象)牙
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