whalebone
/ˈhweɪlbəʊn/noun
mass noun
1- an elastic horny substance which 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鲸须。亦称BALEEN.
1.1
- strips of this substance, much used formerly as stays in corsets and dresses鲸须制品：
as modifier a whalebone bodice.鲸须女式紧身胸衣。
1.2
- bone or ivory from a whale or walrus鲸骨, 海象骨; 鲸牙, 海象牙。