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narwhal
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- narwal, narwhale
Etymology
From Dutch narwal or Danish/Norwegian Bokmål narhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“corpse”) + hvalr (“whale”). Compare Icelandic náhvalur.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n????l/, /?n??w?l/, /?n????e?l/, /?n???we?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n????l/, /?n??w?l/, /?n????e?l/, /?n???we?l/, /?n????l/, /?n??w?l/
Noun
narwhal (plural narwhals or narwhal)
- Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.
- 1986, D. E. Sergeant, Chapter 16: Sea Mammals, I. P. Martini (editor), Canadian Inland Seas, page 337,
- Moreover, both narwhals and bowheads can occur in late summer in southern Prince Regent Inlet (coming from Lancaster Sound) and may reach Fury and Hecla Strait and northern Foxe Basin.
- 1988, Tristan Jones, Somewheres East of Suez, unnumbered page,
- Often, in the morning, narwhals played around the boat and reminded me of the dolphins, so far away in the North Atlantic. But these narwhals were not like the Atlantic sea-dogs; they had little of their flashing vibrancy; these Turkish narwhals were much more relaxed, and rolled over lazily, with a sigh, as if they were going to retire to a sofa and smoke a hookah.
- 2000, Richard C. Connor, Andrew J. Read, Richard Wrangham, 10: Male Reproductive Strategies and Social Bonds, Janet Mann (editor), Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales, page 247,
- At over 2.5 m in length, the tusk of the male narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is one the most impressive instruments of male-male competition among mammals.
- Synonym: sea unicorn
- 1986, D. E. Sergeant, Chapter 16: Sea Mammals, I. P. Martini (editor), Canadian Inland Seas, page 337,
Translations
Manx
Etymology
From English narwhal, from Old Norse náhvalr.
Noun
narwhal m (genitive singular narwhal)
- narwhal
- Synonym: whale feeacklagh
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grampus
English
Etymology
From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (“whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal”), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally “fat fish”), from Latin crassus (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).
Noun
grampus (plural grampuses)
- The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 3:
- Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 3:
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
- The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
- giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
Translations
References
- Killer whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Risso's dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hellbender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Orcinus orca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Grampus griseus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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