3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Narwal \Nar"wal\, n. (Zool.) See {Narwhal}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Narwhal \Nar"whal\ (n[aum]r"hw[.a]l), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. n[=a]hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. n[=a]r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See {Whale}.] [Written also {narwhale} and {narwal}.] (Zool.) An arctic cetacean ({Monodon monocerous}), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also {sea unicorn}, {unicorn fish}, and {unicorn whale}. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: narwal n : small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk [syn: {narwhal}, {narwhale}, {Monodon monoceros}]
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