What does bowhead whale mean?

bowhead whale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

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"“You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”"

bowhead whales (plural)

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