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Definition of Bowheads
1. bowhead [n] - See also: bowhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowheads
Literary usage of Bowheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"Our memorandum does not state with certainty what year bowheads were first taken
... The preceding remarks have been confined chiefly to the bowheads of the ..."
2. History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the by Alexander Starbuck (1878)
"About August 5, all the ships went in pursuit of bowheads, (most of them to Point
Barrow). When off the Sea Horse Islands we saw a few whales working to the ..."
3. Industrial Studies, United States by Nellie Burnham Allen (1910)
"This was taken from the nineteen bowheads and the five right whales, as no
whalebone is found in the mouth of the sperm whale. Twenty thousand gallons of ..."
4. A Year with a Whaler by Walter Noble Burns (1913)
"bowheads! " shouted the mate. Their great black heads rose above the surface ...
Why they were called bowheads was instantly apparent—the outline of the top ..."
5. Mémoires de la Société nationale des sciences naturelles et mathématiques de by Société nationale des sciences naturelles et mathématiques de Cherbourg (1874)
"Les bowheads de différentes tailles montrent toutes plus on moins de blanc sur
leur robe, à la partie inférieure du corps, surtout à la gorge et aux ..."
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