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Definition of Bowhead whale
1. Noun. Large-mouthed Arctic whale.
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaena, Genus Balaena
Definition of Bowhead whale
1. Noun. A bowhead ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowhead Whale
Literary usage of Bowhead whale
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)
"It is possible that the whaling industry in these waters has produced a revenue
of more than $100,- 000000. The first bowhead whale or Balena Mysticetus was ..."
2. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the by William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (1894)
"Besides, he also adds, 'their enormous breadth quite astonished us." This is a
second great characteristic. The bowhead whale has a great, broad, flat back, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"whale in the least resembling the Greenland or bowhead whale ... The Bowhead
Whale has a great, broad, flat back, with a head one-third the total length of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1894)
"whale in the least resembling the Greenland or bowhead whale ... The Bowhead
Whale has a great, broad, flat back, with a head one-third the total length of ..."
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