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narwhale


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Narwhal  \Nar"whal\,  n.  [Sw.  or  Dan.  narvhal;  akin  to  Icel. 
  n[=a]hvalr,  and  E.  whale.  the  first  syllable  is  perh.  from 
  Icel.  n[=a]r  corpse,  dead  body,  in  allusion  to  the  whitish 
  color  its  skin.  See  {Whale}.]  [Written  also  {narwhale}.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  arctic  cetacean  ({Monodon  monocerous}),  about  twenty  feet 
  long.  The  male  usually  has  one  long,  twisted,  pointed  canine 
  tooth,  or  tusk  projecting  forward  from  the  upper  jaw  like  a 
  horn,  whence  it  is  called  also  {sea  unicorn},  {unicorn  fish}, 
  and  {unicorn  whale}.  Sometimes  two  horns  are  developed,  side 
  by  side 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  narwhale 
  n  :  small  arctic  whale  the  male  having  a  long  spiral  ivory  tusk 
  [syn:  {narwhal},  {narwal},  {Monodon  monoceros}] 




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