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narwal
nar·whal also nar·wal N0020800 (när′wəl) or nar·whale (-wāl′, -hwāl′)n. An Arctic whale (Monodon monoceros) having mottled gray or whitish skin and in the male, a long spirally twisted tusk projecting forward from the left side of the head.
[Norwegian or Danish narhval, from Old Norse nāhvalr : nār, corpse (from its whitish color) + hvalr, whale.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  narwal - small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tuskMonodon monoceros, narwhal, narwhalewhale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the headgenus Monodon, Monodon - type genus of the Monodontidae |
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Synonyms for narwalnoun small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tuskSynonyms- Monodon monoceros
- narwhal
- narwhale
Related Words- whale
- genus Monodon
- Monodon
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