narwhal, narwal, narwhale

[Dan. & Sw.narhval; Icel. náhvalr =a narwhal; Ger. nar wall; Fr. narval.] Zool .: A Cetacean, called also the Sea-unicorn, the Monodon monoceros. The name sea-unicorn is given because the male has a horn six, seven, or even ten feet long, one of the teeth in the upper jaw extraordinarily prolong. ed. It is the left tusk IMG:content-1569.png:[blocks in formation] nā-sal-i-zā-tion, s . [Eng. nasaliz (e); ation.] 1. The act, proce , or habit of nasalizing or uttering with a nasal sound. 2. The act of nasalizing by the insertion of a nasal. "The nasalization of a root by the insertion of morn before the last letter of the same is common in Aryan languages."-Notes and Queries.