Horny plate in a whales mouth
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BALEENHorny plate in a whale's mouth.
baleenelastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen
baleenselastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen
whalebonesAn elastic horny substance that 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
operculara. the gill cover of fishes and amphibians b. (in many gastropods) a horny plate that closes the opening of the shell when the animal is retracted
radulasa horny band or ribbon in mollusks other than bivalves that bears minute chitinous teeth on its dorsal surface and scrapes or tears off food and draws it into the mouth