noun
- a small Arctic whale with a long, straight tusk projecting from its head
Examples
- The narwhal’s distinctive tusk can grow up to ten feet long.
- Scientists study narwhals in the Arctic waters of Canada and Greenland.
- The narwhal is sometimes called the unicorn of the sea.
- Male narwhals use their tusks for fighting and display.
- Climate change threatens the narwhal’s icy habitat.
- The Inuit people have hunted narwhals for centuries.
- A pod of narwhals surfaced near the research vessel.