bowhead

/ˈboʊˌhɛd/
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Other forms: bowheads

Definitions of bowhead
  1. noun
    large-mouthed Arctic whale
    synonyms: Balaena mysticetus, Greenland whale, bowhead whale
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    type of:
    baleen whale, whalebone whale
    whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
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