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la baleine

/ba.lɛn/ noun · feminine A2
  1. whale (mammal)
  2. whalebone, bone; stay (prop for clothing, in particular corsets)
  3. landwhale (informal)

Plural baleines

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Je crois qu'il enfonce des épingles dans la tête des lapins, qu'il fait manger de la garance aux poules et qu'il repousse avec des baleines la moelle épinière des chiens.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 714 · C1

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