monodon monoceros

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   small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

   Synonymsnarwhalnarwalnarwhale

   Broaderwhale

   Part ofMonodon

Questions about monodon monoceros

What does monodon monoceros mean?

monodon monoceros means "small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk".

What is another word for monodon monoceros?

Close synonyms include narwhal, narwal, narwhale. 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 monodon monoceros a common word?

monodon monoceros 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.