bowhead

bowhead

English

Etymology

bow +‎ head

Noun

bowhead (plural bowheads)

1. A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.

Synonyms

• bowhead whale, Greenland right 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) Chukchi: йитив (jitiv) Czech: velryba grónská Danish: grønlandshval c Esperanto: gronlanda baleno Estonian: grööni vaal Faroese: grønlandsslættibøka f Finnish: grönlanninvalas (fi) French: baleine boréale (fr) f Georgian: გრენლანდიური ვეშაპი (grenlandiuri vešaṗi) German: Grönlandwal Greenlandic: arfivik (kl) Hebrew: בלנה גרינלנדית‎ Hungarian: grönlandi bálna Icelandic: norðhvalur (is) m Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arvik) 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 kïti) 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 m Portuguese: baleia-da-groenlândia (pt) f Russian: гренла́ндский кит m (grenlándskij kit), поля́рный кит m (poljárnyj kit) Slovak: veľryba grónska f Spanish: ballena boreal f Swedish: grönlandsval c Thai: วาฬหัวคันศร (waan-hǔua-kan-sɔ̌ɔn) Turkish: grönland balinası Ukrainian: ґренландський кит m (grenlandsʹkyj kyt), полярний кит m (poljarnyj kyt) Uzbek: grenlandiya kiti