Meaning

1 senses
  1. An Arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed cuspid that projects forward.

    Narwal

    нарва́лnarvál, единоро́гjedinoróg

    нарва́лnarvál

    small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't believe narwhals are real.

    Том не вірить, що нарвали насправді існують.

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  2. Tom doesn't believe that narwhals are real.

    Том не вірить, що нарвали насправді існують.

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  3. Esther thought the narwhal was so cute.

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  4. There are narwhals swimming in the ocean.

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  5. The narwhal is the unicorn of the sea.

    ruНарвал — это морской единорог.

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Translations

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Origin

From Dutch narwal or Danish/Norwegian Bokmål narhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“c

From Dutch narwal or Danish/Norwegian Bokmål narhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“corpse”) + hvalr (“whale”). Compare Icelandic náhvalur.

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Forms

plural: narwhals / narwhal

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivednarluga

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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