nar|whal

nar|whal
nar|whal «NAHR hwuhl, -wuhl», noun.
a toothed whale of the arctic seas. The male narwhal has a long, slender, twisted tusk from 6 to 10 feet long, that extends forward, and develops from a tooth in the left upper jaw. Sometimes there are two such tusks.
[< Danish or Swedish narhval < nār corpse + hval whale]

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