bowhead

English

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

Etymology

From bow +‎ head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊhɛd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bowhead (plural bowheads)

1. 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, steeple-top, polar whale, Russian whale

Translations

Balaena mysticetus

• Azerbaijani: qrenlandiya balinası
• Basque: groenlandiar balea
• Belarusian: грэнландскі кіт (hrenlandski kit)
• Bulgarian: гренландски кит (grenlandski kit)
• Catalan: balena de Groenlàndia (ca) f, balena franca àrtica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弓頭鯨 / 弓头鲸, 北極鯨 / 北极鲸 (zh) (běijíjīng)

• Chukchi: йитив (jitiv)
• Czech: velryba grónská
• Danish: grønlandshval c
• Dutch: Groenlandse walvis (nl) m
• Esperanto: gronlanda baleno
• Estonian: grööni vaal
• Faroese: grønlandsslættibøka f
• Finnish: grönlanninvalas (fi)
• French: baleine boréale (fr) f
• Georgian: გრენლანდიური ვეშაპი (grenlandiuri vešaṗi)
• German: Grönlandwal (de)
• Greenlandic: arfivik (kl)
• Hebrew: בלנה גרינלנדית
• Hungarian: grönlandi bálna
• Icelandic: norðhvalur (is) m
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arfik)
• Irish: míol mór ceann bogha
• Italian: balena della Groenlandia f
• Japanese: ホッキョククジラ (ja) (hokkyokukujira)
• Kazakh: поляр киті (polyar kiyti)
• Korean: 북극고래 (bukgeukgorae)
• Latin: Balaena mysticetus
• Latvian: polārais valis, grenlandes valis
• Macedonian: гренландски кит (grenlandski kit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grønlandshval m

  Nynorsk: grønlandskval m

• Polish: wal grenlandzki (pl) m, wieloryb grenlandzki (pl) m
• Portuguese: baleia-da-groenlândia (pt) f
• Russian: гренла́ндский кит (ru) m (grenlándskij kit), поля́рный кит (ru) m (poljárnyj kit)
• Slovak: veľryba grónska f
• Spanish: ballena boreal f
• Swedish: grönlandsval (sv) c
• Thai: วาฬหัวคันศร (waan-hǔua-kan-sɔ̌ɔn)
• Turkish: grönland balinası
• Ukrainian: ґренландський кит m (grenlandsʹkyj kyt), полярний кит m (poljarnyj kyt)
• Uzbek: grenlandiya kiti