— narwhalian /nahr hway"lee euhn, -way"-, -wol"ee-/ , adj.
/nahr"weuhl/ , n.
a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
Also, narwal, narwhale /nahr"hwayl', -wayl'/ .
[ 1650-60; nar ( h ) val, reshaped from ON nahvalr, equiv. to nar corpse + hvalr WHALE 1 ; allegedly so called because its skin resembles that of a human corpse ]