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- [nahr-wuh l]
- /ˈnɑr wəl/
- /ˈnɑː.wəl/
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- [nahr-wuh l]
- /ˈnɑr wəl/
Definitions of narwhal word
- noun narwhal a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw. 1
- noun narwhal A small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth. 1
- noun narwhal whale with long pointed tusk 1
- noun narwhal an arctic toothed whale, Monodon monoceros, having a black-spotted whitish skin and, in the male, a long spiral tusk: family Monodontidae 0
- noun narwhal an arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) of the same family (Monodontidae) as the beluga, valued for its oil and ivory: the male has a long, spiral tusk extending from the upper jaw 0
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Origin of narwhal
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian, Swedish, Danish nar(h)val, reshaped from Old Norse nāhvalr, equivalent to nār corpse + hvalr whale1; allegedly so called because its skin resembles that of a human corpse
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Parts of speech for Narwhal
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narwhal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for narwhal
noun narwhal
- mammal — any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- whopper — WarGames
- cetacean — Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
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