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narwhals

narwhals is the plural 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

Questions about narwhals

What is narwhals the plural of?
Narwhals is the plural of narwhal.

Words near narwhals in the dictionary

  1. narwedine
  2. Narwee
  3. narwhal
  4. narwhale
  5. narwhales
  6. narwhals
  7. nary
  8. Naryan-Mar
  9. Naryn
  10. NAS
  11. NASA

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