whalebone

== English == === Etymology === From whale +‎ bone. === Pronunciation === === Noun === whalebone (countable and uncountable, plural whalebones) The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets ==== Synonyms ==== baleen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====