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narwhal (iou)



narwhal noun. M17.
[Dutch narwal, Danish narhval (whence German Narwal, French narval), from hval WHALE noun, rel. obscurely to Old Norse nahvalr (from nar corpse, with ref. to the colour of the skin).]
A toothed whale, Monodon monoceros, of Arctic seas, the male of which has one (or sometimes both) of its two teeth developed into a straight spirally-twisted tusk.