Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Narwhal

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Narwhal


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(n.) 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.