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bow⋅head

  [boh-hed]
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–noun
a whalebone whale, Balaena mysticetus, of northern seas, having an enormous head and mouth: an endangered species.
Also called Greenland whale.

Origin:
1885–90; bow 2 + head
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bow·head   (bō'hěd')   


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n.  A whalebone whale (Balaena mysticetus) of Arctic seas, having a very large head and an arched upper jaw.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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