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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk;
[syn: narwhal, narwal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Narwal \Nar"wal\, n. (Zool.) See Narwhal. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

narwal n 1: small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk [syn: narwhal, narwal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros]