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DictionaryRoot: narhval
Danish

narhval

narwhal

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A male narwhal swims just beneath an Arctic water surface, mottled gray body, no dorsal fin and one long spiraled tusk extending from the upper jaw; not a forehead horn.
noun

narwhal

NAR-wahl/ˈnɑːrwɑːl/

An Arctic whale whose male typically has a long spiral tusk.

Etymology
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Danish narhval names the tusked Arctic whale. Its proposed “corpse-whale” ancestry may refer to its whitish color, but a rival explanation connects the name with a long, narrow projection.

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