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Webster 1913 Edition

Bowhead

Bow′headˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (

Balæna mysticetus

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Definition 2024

bowhead

bowhead

English

Noun

bowhead ‎(plural bowheads)

A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.

Synonyms

bowhead whale, Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, steeple-top, polar whale, Russian whale

Translations

Balaena mysticetus

Danish: grønlandshval c
Faroese: grønlandsslættibøka f
Finnish: grönlanninvalas (fi)

Greenlandic: arfivik (kl)
Russian: гренла́ндский кит m ‎(grenlándskij kit)
Slovak: veľryba grónska f