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narwhal
noun
an Arctic cetacean, about 20 feet long; the male has a single twisted pointed canine tooth or tusk projecting forward like a horn.
Translations:
Dutch: narwal
German: Narwal
Italian: narvalo
Spanish: narval
French: narval
Etymology:
From Dutch
narwal
or Danish
narhval
,
wal/hval
meaning "whale" and
nar-
from Old Norse nír "corpse". Cf. Icelandic
níhvalur
.
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