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Definition of Narwal
1. Noun. Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
Generic synonyms: Whale
Group relationships: Genus Monodon, Monodon
Definition of Narwal
1. n. See Narwhal.
Definition of Narwal
1. Noun. (archaic form of narwhal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Narwal
1. narwhal [n -S] - See also: narwhal
Medical Definition of Narwal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Narwal
Literary usage of Narwal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1838)
"The narwal. THE narwal. Ir the torrid regions of the globe present us with the
... Among these monsters, which revel in their ocean home, the narwal holds a ..."
2. Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: With by John Leslie, Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray (1832)
"Remarkable Profusion of Animal Life—Means by which it is suj ported—The Cetacea:
Whale, narwal, Walrus, Seal—The Hci dotes—The Rein-deer—Wolf, Fox, ..."
3. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1851)
"... loss of the French whaler narwal on Corea; strike among the silk-weavers in
Canton; gracious examinations at Canton ; death of DWC Olyphant; ..."
4. Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by Boston Athenaeum, Charles Ammi Cutter (1882)
"RUSHWORTH, J. Tryal of Thomas, Earl of Strafford. 2d ed. London, 1700. f.
— Fleming, Itev. J. Description of a «mini-headed narwal Cit*t ashore In Zetland. ..."
5. The Lithology of Edinburgh by John Fleming, John Duns (1859)
"... John Sinclair—Mineralogy of Orkney and Zetland—Ministerial work and Science —The
narwal—Sir Joseph Banks—Contributions to British Fauna. ..."
6. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.. by Wernerian Natural History Society (1811)
"I shall now briefly state those particulars in •which the Common narwal and this
... The general form of the Common narwal is «void: the other species is ..."
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