Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun baleen

1 sense of baleen

Sense 1
whalebone, baleen -- (a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets)
       => horn -- (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)