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Arctic marine mammal (Var.)
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narwhale
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk [syn: narwhal , narwal , Monodon monoceros ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of narwhal English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Usage examples of narwhale.
The Narwhale I have heard called the Tusked whale, the Horned whale, and the Unicorn whale.
The Narwhale has a very picturesque, leopard-like look, being of a milk-white ground color, dotted with round and oblong spots of black.
During the previous battle, reavers had begun to build some sort of a strange tower there, with blue spires made of mucilage that twisted up like narwhale horns.
Only three towers were up, and each of them leaned precariously, like broken narwhale horns.
Even Scoresby, the justly renowned Right whaleman, after giving us a stiff full length of the Greenland whale, and three or four delicate miniatures of narwhales and porpoises, treats us to a series of classical engravings of boat hooks, chopping knives, and grapnels.
When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray Narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters.
Even Scoresby, the justly renowned Right Whaleman, after giving us a stiff full length of the Greenland Whale, and three or four delicate miniatures of Narwhales and porpoises, treats us to a series of classical engravings of boat hooks, chopping knives, and grapnels.
When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow's-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters.
He wore a uniform of white linen and held a staff almost as tall as himself, an osseous twist of narwhale horn capped with a golden sea horse.
The Narwhale I have heard called the Tusked Whale, the Horned Whale, and the Unicorn Whale.