English-Thai Dictionary
narwhal
N ปลาวาฬ ขาว ขนาดเล็ก บริเวณ อาร์ก ติ ก pla-wan-kao-ka-nad-lek-bo-ri-wen-ark-tik
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NARWHAL
Nar "whal, n. Etym: [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. nahvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. nar corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See Whale. ] [Written also narwhale.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous ), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
New American Oxford Dictionary
narwhal
nar whal |ˈnärwəl ˈnɑrˌ (h )wɑl | ▶noun a small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth. [Monodon monoceros, family Monodontidae. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Dutch narwal, Danish narhval, based on Old Norse nár ‘corpse, ’ with reference to skin color.
Oxford Dictionary
narwhal
narwhal |ˈnɑːw (ə )l | ▶noun a small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth. ●Monodon monoceros, family Monodontidae. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Dutch narwal, Danish narhval, based on Old Norse nár ‘corpse ’, with reference to skin colour.
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