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NARWHAL - Definiția din dicționar

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Nar"whal (n&ä;r"hw&adot_;l), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. n&ā;hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. n&ā;r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also narwhale and narwal.] (Zo&ö;l.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
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