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bowheads

bowheads is the plural of bowhead.

Meaning of bowhead

Noun

bowhead (plural bowheads)

  1. A large baleen whale, of species Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
    Synonyms:
    bowhead whale, Greenland right whale, ice whale, Arctic whale, steeple-top, polar whale, Russian whale

Questions about bowheads

What is bowheads the plural of?
Bowheads is the plural of bowhead.

Words near bowheads in the dictionary

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

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