Is That the Latin Name for Whalebones?

It's just a frustratingly vague word where you just really have to look at the context of what's going on in a certain passage. I did just remember another story that pliny also recalls, that in 58 b c, basically they actually supposedly brought the bones of the quitus from the andromeda myth for public display in rome. Is probably someone, again, using whalebones to get a bit of public prestige for themselves as well. Thats supposedly, they had brought it all the way in from joppa,. In addition to ethiopia, joppa is also sometimes recorded as a location for the and Andromeda myth. But, i mean, you just imagine the amount of