whalebones in English
noun
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an 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.
The bow itself could be simply of wood or of a composite of horn or whalebone placed between two thin pieces of yew and covered in tendon, while steel bows appear from the 14th century.
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1. Wooden goods, Cork, teed, rush, Wicker, Horn, Bone, Ivory, Whalebones, Oyster shells, Yellow amber, Mother-of-pearl, Meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics, Not included in other classes, Namely bead curtains for decoration, Signs, Umbrella stands, Keyboards for hanging keys, Magazine racks, Newspaper display stands