bowhead

Questions about bowhead

What does bowhead mean?

bowhead means "large-mouthed Arctic whale".

How many syllables are in bowhead?

bowhead has 3 syllables: bo-whe-ad. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for bowhead?

Close synonyms include bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowhead a common word?

bowhead is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.