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baleen

keratin structure in whales, used for flexible stiffening
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baleen

Summary

baleen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,266 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • baleen is a type of animal product[2].
  • baleen's Commons category is recorded as Baleen[3].
  • baleen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baleen[4].
  • baleen's Commons gallery is recorded as Baleen[5].
  • baleen's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • baleen's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • baleen's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[8].
  • baleen's natural product of taxon is recorded as Mysticeti[9].
  • baleen's different from is recorded as whalebone[10].

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Definition and Type

baleen is a type of animal product[2].

Why It Matters

baleen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,266 views/month).[1] baleen has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] baleen is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → animal product
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2070524
    Different from → whalebone
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556031305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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