Definition of Bowhead whale

1. Noun. Large-mouthed Arctic whale.

Exact synonyms: Balaena Mysticetus, Bowhead, Greenland Whale
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaena, Genus Balaena

Definition of Bowhead whale

1. Noun. A bowhead ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowhead Whale

bowery
bowes
bowess
bowet
boweth
bowets
bowfin
bowfins
bowfront
bowge
bowget
bowgets
bowgrace
bowgraces
bowhead
bowhead whale (current term)
bowhead whales
bowheads
bowhunter
bowhunters
bowhunting
bowieite
bowing
bowing out
bowingly
bowings
bowk
bowked
bowkin

Literary usage of Bowhead whale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"It is possible that the whaling industry in these waters has produced a revenue of more than $100,- 000000. The first bowhead whale or Balena Mysticetus was ..."

2. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the by William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (1894)
"Besides, he also adds, 'their enormous breadth quite astonished us." This is a second great characteristic. The bowhead whale has a great, broad, flat back, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"whale in the least resembling the Greenland or bowhead whale ... The Bowhead Whale has a great, broad, flat back, with a head one-third the total length of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1894)
"whale in the least resembling the Greenland or bowhead whale ... The Bowhead Whale has a great, broad, flat back, with a head one-third the total length of ..."

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