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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

nar•whalˈnɑr wəl; -ˌʰweɪl, -ˌweɪl(n.)

or nar•wal ; also nar•whale

  1. a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of narwhal:

1650–60; < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw, Dan nar(h)val, reshaped from ON nāhvalr=nār corpse +hvalrwhale1

nar•whal′i•an-ˈʰweɪ li ən, -ˈweɪ-, -ˈwɒl i-(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. narwhal, narwal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros(noun)

    small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

Wiktionary

  1. narwhal(Noun)

    An Arctic cetacean, about 20 feet (6 meters) long; the male has a single twisted pointed canine tooth or tusk projecting forward like a horn.

  2. Origin: From or , from náhvalr, from nár + hvalr. Compare náhvalur.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Narwhal(noun)

    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


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