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Synonyms for narwhals

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nahr-wuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɑr wəl

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Définition of narwhals

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Danish and Norwegian narhval, probably a metathesis of Old Norse nahvalr, literally "corpse-whale," from na "corpse" + hvalr "whale" (see whale). So called from resemblance of its whitish color to that of dead bodies. The first element is from PIE *nau- "death; to be exhausted" (cf. Old English ne, neo, Gothic naus "corpse," Old Cornish naun, Old Church Slavonic navi, Old Prussian nowis "corpse," Lettish nawe "death," Lithuanian novyti "to torture, kill").
  • As in whale : noun cetacean mammal
Example sentences :
  • As soon as November comes, the men begin to look for narwhals.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks of North America » by Mary Hazelton Wade
  • Besides seals these natives also pursue the white whales and narwhals which frequent the sound.
  • Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas
  • Fig. 52 represents a nuguit from Greenland, of the form mentioned by Cranz; it is armed with the point of the narwhals tusk.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of Culture » by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
  • Two of these were completely equipped for whaling, so as to be able to follow and capture walruses and narwhals.
  • Extract from : « The Great Frozen Sea » by Albert Hastings Markham
  • Yesterday we were all out; I saw only one seal, but was refreshed by the sight of a dozen narwhals.
  • Extract from : « In the Arctic Seas » by Francis Leopold McClintock
  • Seals are often shot, bear tracks are common, and narwhals are frequently seen migrating northward.
  • Extract from : « In the Arctic Seas » by Francis Leopold McClintock
  • There was a whole school of narwhals in the lane breathing and blowing ceaselessly.
  • Extract from : « Farthest North » by Fridtjof Nansen
  • White whales, narwhals, seals—among them the Phoca leonina with his puffed cheeks—and two bears, were seen.
  • Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
  • I never saw a more graceful, striking, and beautiful exhibition than the unrestrained play of these narwhals.
  • Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
  • In a large opening were seen the grey backs of narwhals rolling over in the dark-blue water.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
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