Synonyms for narwal
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nahr-wuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɑr wəl |
Définition of narwal
Origin :- 1650s, from Danish and Norwegian narhval, probably a metathesis of Old Norse nahvalr, literally "corpse-whale," from na "corpse" + hvalr "whale" (see whale). So called from resemblance of its whitish color to that of dead bodies. The first element is from PIE *nau- "death; to be exhausted" (cf. Old English ne, neo, Gothic naus "corpse," Old Cornish naun, Old Church Slavonic navi, Old Prussian nowis "corpse," Lettish nawe "death," Lithuanian novyti "to torture, kill").
- As in cetacean : noun aquatic mammal
- The handle is sometimes made of the horn of the narwal, but more frequently of wood.
- Extract from : « Ungava » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The Greenlanders call the Narwal the forerunner of the whale; for wherever it is seen, the whale is shortly after sure to follow.
- Extract from : « Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy » by Anonymous
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