bowhead

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bowhead whale

A bowhead whale. This is likely the world's third biggest animal, after the blue whale and the fin whale.

Etymology

From bow +‎ headCategory:English compound terms#BOWHEAD.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊhɛd/Category:English 2-syllable words#BOWHEAD Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BOWHEAD
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BOWHEAD

Noun

bowhead (plural bowheads)Category:English lemmas#BOWHEAD Category:English nouns#BOWHEAD Category:English countable nouns#BOWHEAD Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BOWHEAD Category:Pages with entries#BOWHEAD Category:Pages with 1 entry#BOWHEAD

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

Synonyms

bowhead whale, Greenland right whale, ice whale, Arctic whale Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Arctic%20whale, steeple-top Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#steeple-top, polar whale Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#polar%20whale, Russian whale Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Russian%20whale

Translations

Balaena mysticetus

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Azerbaijani: qrenlandiya balinasıCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BOWHEAD
Basque: groenlandiar baleaCategory:Terms with Basque translations#BOWHEAD
Belarusian: грэнландскі кіт (hrenlandski kit)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BOWHEAD
Bulgarian: гренландски кит (grenlandski kit)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BOWHEAD
Catalan: balena de Groenlàndia (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BOWHEAD, balena franca àrtica (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BOWHEAD
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弓頭鯨 / 弓头鲸Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BOWHEAD, 北極鯨 / 北极鲸 (zh) (běijíjīng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BOWHEAD
Chukchi: йитив (jitiv)Category:Terms with Chukchi translations#BOWHEAD
Czech: velryba grónskáCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BOWHEAD
Danish: grønlandshval cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BOWHEAD
Dutch: Groenlandse walvis (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BOWHEAD
Esperanto: gronlanda balenoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BOWHEAD
Estonian: grööni vaalCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BOWHEAD
Faroese: grønlandsslættibøka fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BOWHEAD
Finnish: grönlanninvalas (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BOWHEAD
French: baleine boréale (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BOWHEAD
Georgian: გრენლანდიური ვეშაპი (grenlandiuri vešaṗi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BOWHEAD
German: Grönlandwal (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BOWHEAD
Greenlandic: arfivik (kl)Category:Terms with Greenlandic translations#BOWHEAD
Hebrew: בלנה גרינלנדיתCategory:Terms with Hebrew translations#BOWHEAD
Hungarian: grönlandi bálnaCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#BOWHEAD
Icelandic: norðhvalur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BOWHEAD
Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arfik)Category:Terms with Inuktitut translations#BOWHEAD
Irish: míol mór ceann boghaCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BOWHEAD
Italian: balena della Groenlandia fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BOWHEAD
Japanese: ホッキョククジラ (ja) (hokkyokukujira)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BOWHEAD
Kazakh: поляр киті (polär kitı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BOWHEAD
Korean: 북극고래 (bukgeukgorae)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BOWHEAD
Latin: Balaena mysticetusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BOWHEAD
Latvian: polārais valisCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BOWHEAD, grenlandes valisCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BOWHEAD
Macedonian: гренландски кит (grenlandski kit)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BOWHEAD
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grønlandshval mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BOWHEAD

Nynorsk: grønlandskval mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BOWHEAD
Polish: wal grenlandzki (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BOWHEAD, wieloryb grenlandzki (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BOWHEAD
Portuguese: baleia-da-groenlândia (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BOWHEAD
Russian: гренла́ндский кит (ru) m (grenlándskij kit)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BOWHEAD, поля́рный кит (ru) m (poljárnyj kit)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BOWHEAD
Slovak: veľryba grónska fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BOWHEAD
Spanish: ballena boreal fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BOWHEAD
Swedish: grönlandsval (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BOWHEAD
Thai: วาฬหัวคันศร (waan-hǔua-kan-sɔ̌ɔn)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BOWHEAD
Turkish: grönland balinasıCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#BOWHEAD
Ukrainian: ґренландський кит m (grenlandsʹkyj kyt)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BOWHEAD, полярний кит m (poljarnyj kyt)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BOWHEAD
Uzbek: grenlandiya kitiCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#BOWHEAD

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