Baleen
Baleen noun - A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.
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Porpoise and baleen are semantically related in cetacean mammal topic. In some cases you can use "Porpoise" instead a noun "Baleen".
Porpoise
Porpoise noun - Any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth.
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Synonyms for Porpoise
Baleen and porpoise are semantically related in cetacean mammal topic. You can use "Baleen" instead a noun "Porpoise".
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- Nevermind that toothed cetaceans (sperm whales, killer whales, bottlenose dolphins) are all more closely related to each other than baleen cetaceans (humpback whales, blue whales), making the "whale/dolphin/porpoise" distinction rather meaningless.
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