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unicorn whale
Narwhal Nar"whal, n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. n[=a]hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. n[=a]r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also narwhale.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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- Groc, Isabelle (12 February 2014). "The world's weirdest whale: hunt for the sea unicorn". New Scientist. Retrieved 10 February 2024. Portals:  Cetaceans...
- The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its...
- (French:  , lit. 'unicorn') List of unicorns Monoceros, the constellation of the Unicorn Narwhal or Unicorn whale, an Arctic species of whale with a tusk on...
- often confuse the whale, mammoth, and unicorn: they conceptualized the mammoth and whale as aquatic, as well as the mammoth and unicorn possessing a single...
- According to Melville, it is also known as the tusked whale, horned whale and the unicorn whale. In ancient days the horn was used as an antidote for...
- The Last Unicorn is a 1982 American animated fantasy film directed and produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules B****, from a script by Peter S. Beagle...
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