bowhead

English

Etymology

bow +‎ head

Noun

bowhead (plural bowheads)

A large whale, 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
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 (polär kitı)
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

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