Толковый словарь английского языка - narwhal
Narwhal
narwhal
also ~e noun Etymology: Norwegian & Danish narhval & Swedish narval, probably modification of Icelandic nárhvalur, from Old Norse nāhvalr, from nār corpse + hvalr whale; from its color Date: 1646 an arctic cetacean (Monodon monoceros) about 20 feet (6 meters) long with the male having a long twisted ivory tusk
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n. an Arctic white whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long straight spirally fluted tusk developed from one of its teeth. Also called BELUGA. Etymology: Du. narwal f. Da. narhval f. hval whale: cf. ON n{aacute}hvalr (perh. f. n{aacute}r corpse, with ref. to its skin-colour) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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