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Definition of Narwhals
1. narwhal [n] - See also: narwhal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Narwhals
Literary usage of Narwhals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"Any Thing good to eat that don't poison.—narwhals, or Sea- unicorns.—A royal
Seat.—Hans criticised. ... narwhals useful in carrying off Ball and Ammunition. ..."
2. A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia: And an Account of by Albert Hastings Markham, Sherard Osborn (1874)
"During the forenoon a couple of narwhals, or as they are called by the whalers, "
unies " (unicorn abbreviated), were seen not far from the ship, ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... including whales, narwhals, dolphins, porpoises. Ceruse. 1. Carbonate of lead,
commonly called white lead. 2. A white-lead cosmetic preparation. ..."
4. Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the Years 1850 by Peter Cormack Sutherland (1852)
"narwhals and Sharks. — Little Anks and their Food. —Crossing the Top of Baffin's
Bay.—Middle Iee. ..."
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