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narwal

narwal is the archaic form of narwhal.

Meaning of narwhal

Noun

narwhal (plural narwhals or narwhal)

  1. An Arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed cuspid that projects forward.
    • Moreover, both narwhals and bowheads can occur in late summer in southern Prince Regent Inlet (coming from Lancaster Sound) and may reach Fury and Hecla Strait and northern Foxe Basin.1986, D. E. Sergeant, “Chapter 16: Sea Mammals”, in I. P. Martini, editor, Canadian Inland Seas, page 337
    Synonyms:
    sea unicorn

Forms of narwal

pluralnarwals

Questions about narwal

What is narwal the archaic form of?
Narwal is the archaic form of narwhal.

Words near narwal in the dictionary

  1. Narvaizes
  2. Narvi
  3. Narvik
  4. Narvitian
  5. Narvitians
  6. narwal
  7. narwals
  8. narwedine
  9. Narwee
  10. narwhal
  11. narwhale

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