MONODON MONOCEROS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monodon monoceros mean? 

• MONODON MONOCEROS (noun)
  The noun MONODON MONOCEROS has 1 sense:

1. small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

  Familiarity information: MONODON MONOCEROS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONODON MONOCEROS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Monodon monoceros; narwal; narwhal; narwhale

Hypernyms ("Monodon monoceros" is a kind of...):

whale (any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head)

Holonyms ("Monodon monoceros" is a member of...):

genus Monodon; Monodon (type genus of the Monodontidae)