narwhale

Questions about narwhale

What does narwhale mean?

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

How many syllables are in narwhale?

narwhale has 3 syllables and divides as nar-wha-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for narwhale?

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

narwhale 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.