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Probang :: Probang (n.) A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc..

Billethead :: Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off..

Devilfish :: Devilfish (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.

Right Whale :: Right whale () Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale..

Shorthead :: Shorthead (n.) A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.

Whaleman :: Whaleman (n.) A man employed in the whale fishery.

Train Oil :: Train oil () Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling..

Busk :: Busk (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset..

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..

Spermaceti :: Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin..

Bone :: Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset..

Blow :: Blow (n.) The spouting of a whale.

Killer :: Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known..

Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) The gray whale.

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe..

Sea Canary :: Sea canary () The beluga, or white whale..

Odontocete :: Odontocete (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales..

Mysis :: Mysis (n.) A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales..

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