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An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unico…

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  1. n. An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
  2. n. small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
  3. An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
  4. An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feetlong. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth,or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence itis called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale.Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
  5. n:100 n. small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk