Definitions | narwhal |
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- an Arctic cetacean, about 20 feet long; the male has a single twisted pointed canine tooth or tusk projecting forward like a horn.
Translations: - Dutch: narwal
- German: Narwal
- Italian: narvalo
- Spanish: narval
- French: narval
Etymology: From Dutch narwal or Danish narhval, wal/hval meaning "whale" and nar- from Old Norse nír "corpse". Cf. Icelandic níhvalur.
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