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baleen
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baleen: see whale whale, aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, found in all oceans of the world. Members of this order vary greatly in size and include the largest animals that have ever lived. Cetaceans never leave the water, even to give birth.
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In its mouth, this whale has unusually few of the baleen plates that such whales use to filter food from the water.
Whales of distinction: old specimens now declared a new species by Milius, S. / Science News
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