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Noun: bowhead  'bow,hed
  1. Large-mouthed Arctic whale
    "Bowhead whales can break through sea ice with their massive heads";
    - bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus

Derived forms: bowheads

Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale

Part of: Balaena, genus Balaena

Encyclopedia: Bowhead