Narwhal: alternatives and connections

Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, o…

A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six fee…

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty…

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

See Canine tooth, under Canine.

A canine tooth of the upper jaw.

To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grad…

A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to b…

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a ver…

A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…

An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet…

Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.

Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.