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Synonyms for narwhal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nahr-wuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɑr wəl

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Définition of narwhal

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 whale : noun cetacean mammal
Example sentences :
  • Why the narwhal's tooth does not conform to this rule is a mystery.
  • Extract from : « More Science From an Easy Chair » by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester
  • The top of this totem is an exact replica of our narwhal horn.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Yukon » by Ralph Victor
  • In the 'tween-decks of the Narwhal, Buck and Curly joined two other dogs.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
  • And—I think I may say I have the finest collection of narwhal tusks in the world.
  • Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling
  • You know the unicorn is always represented with a narwhal's tusk?
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • The narwhal it would hook on to its side teeth, and swim with them hanging there.
  • Extract from : « Eskimo Folktales » by Unknown
  • It could swim in the sea, and was so big that it could haul whale and narwhal to shore.
  • Extract from : « Eskimo Folktales » by Unknown
  • The foreshaft is generally made of reindeer-horn or else of narwhal tusk.
  • Extract from : « Eskimo Life » by Fridtjof Nansen
  • The narwhal, for his part, had fared badly in that last encounter.
  • Extract from : « The Haunters of the Silences » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • As it was, the mad upward rush of the narwhal missed its aim.
  • Extract from : « The Haunters of the Silences » by Charles G. D. Roberts
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