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Definition of Bowhead
1. Noun. Large-mouthed Arctic whale.
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaena, Genus Balaena
Definition of Bowhead
1. n. The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balæna mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
Definition of Bowhead
1. Noun. A large whale, ''Balaena mysticetus'', having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowhead
1. an arctic whale [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bowhead
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowhead
Literary usage of Bowhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"The first bowhead Whale or Balena Mysticetus was ... Prior to that date the
bowhead was an unknown species. The Bark Superior of Sagg Harbor, Captain Roys ..."
2. The Cruise of the Cachalot Around the World After Sperm Whales by Frank Thomas Bullen (1899)
""bowhead" FISHING. DAY and night being now only distinguishable by the aid of
the clock, a constant look-out aloft was kept all through the twenty-four ..."
3. The New North: Being Some Account of a Woman's Journey Through Canada to the by Agnes Deans Cameron (1909)
"The Jeanette in 1905 got ten whales and a calf, the Karluk got seven whales, the
Alexander eight, the bowhead seven. The boats wintering at Herschel in that ..."
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