Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Narwhal \Nar"whal\ (n[aum]r"hw[.a]l), 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} and {narwal}.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
narwhal
n 1: small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
[syn: {narwhal}, {narwal}, {narwhale}, {Monodon monoceros}]
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