What is "narwal"

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.] (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.

n. (archaic form of narwhal English)

n. small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk [syn: narwhal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros]

Narwhal may refer to

• Narwhal, a whale with a long helical tusk
• Narwal, Pakistan, a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa