单词 | narwhal |
释义 | narwhal —narwhalian /nahr hway"lee euhn, -way"-, -wol"ee-/, adj. /nahr"weuhl/, n. a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw. Also, narwal, narwhale /nahr"hwayl', -wayl'/. [1650-60; < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw, Dan nar(h)val, reshaped from ON nahvalr, equiv. to nar corpse + hvalr WHALE1; allegedly so called because its skin resembles that of a human corpse] |
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