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NARWHALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does narwhale mean?
• NARWHALE (noun)
The noun NARWHALE has 1 sense:
1. small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
Familiarity information: NARWHALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Monodon monoceros; narwal; narwhal; narwhale
Hypernyms ("narwhale" is a kind of...):
whale (any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head)
Holonyms ("narwhale" is a member of...):
genus Monodon; Monodon (type genus of the Monodontidae)
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