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bowhead whale

bowhead whale noun: a bowhead.

Noun

bowhead whale (plural bowhead whales)

  1. A bowhead.
    • “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 5, in The Subtle Minotaur

Forms of bowhead whale

pluralbowhead whales

Questions about bowhead whale

What does bowhead whale mean?
Bowhead whale means a bowhead.
What part of speech is bowhead whale?
Bowhead whale is a noun.
What is the plural of bowhead whale?
The plural of bowhead whale is bowhead whales.

Words near bowhead whale in the dictionary

  1. bowgun
  2. bowgunner
  3. bowguns
  4. bowgy
  5. bowhead
  6. bowhead whale
  7. bowhead whales
  8. bowheads
  9. bowhunt
  10. bowhunted
  11. bowhunter

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