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s | narwhal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun narwhal is

, 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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    narwhal

    English

    (wikipedia narwhal) (Monodon monoceros)

    Alternative forms

    * narwal, narwhale

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • , 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 , 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.
  • * 1988 , Tristan Jones, Somewheres East of Suez , unnumbered page,
    • 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.
  • * 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 , 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 unicorn

    Derived terms

    * narwhalian, narwalian