Narwhal vs Unicorn - What's the difference?
narwhal | unicorn |
, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.
* 1986 , D. E. Sergeant, Chapter 16: Sea Mammals'', I. P. Martini (editor), ''Canadian Inland Seas ,
* 1988 , Tristan Jones, Somewheres East of Suez ,
* 2000 , Richard C. Connor, Andrew J. Read, Richard Wrangham, 10: Male Reproductive Strategies and Social Bonds'', Janet Mann (editor), ''Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales ,
(rft-sense)A mythical beast resembling a horse with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.
A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
(historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew ); a reem or wild ox.
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Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax.
The larva of a unicorn moth.
The kamichi, or unicorn bird.
A howitzer.
As nouns the difference between narwhal and unicorn
is that narwhal is species: Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward while unicorn is a mythical beast resembling a horse with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.narwhal
English
(wikipedia narwhal) (Monodon monoceros)Alternative forms
* narwal, narwhaleNoun
(en-noun)page 337,
- Moreover, both narwhals and bowheads can occur in late summer in southern Prince Regent Inlet (coming from Lancaster Sound) and may reach Fury and Hecla Strait and northern Foxe Basin.
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- Often, in the morning, narwhals' played around the boat and reminded me of the dolphins, so far away in the North Atlantic. But these '''narwhals''' were not like the Atlantic sea-dogs; they had little of their flashing vibrancy; these Turkish ' narwhals were much more relaxed, and rolled over lazily, with a sigh, as if they were going to retire to a sofa and smoke a hookah.
page 247,
- At over 2.5 m in length, the tusk of the male narwhal (Monodon monoceros ) is one the most impressive instruments of male-male competition among mammals.
Synonyms
* sea unicornDerived terms
* narwhalian, narwalianunicorn
English
(wikipedia unicorn)Noun
(en noun)- God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn : he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.