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bowhead

[ UK /bˈə‍ʊhɛd/ ]
NOUN
  1. large-mouthed Arctic whale

How To Use bowhead In A Sentence

  • A preliminary glossary of Inuktitut words relating to bowheads, whaling, and related topics has been prepared, but it is not included in the book, as it awaits verification by Inuit elders.
  • The study places the Eastern Arctic bowhead whale, Western arctic bowhead whale and the Eastern Hudson Bay beluga whale on the list of species facing imminent extinction.
  • Aerial photogrammetry in northern Foxe Basin in early to mid-August of 1996 to 1999 found that a much higher than expected proportion of the bowheads summering there were calves and subadults.
  • Formerly hunters of Pacific sperm whale, these whaling fleets came to Arctic regions following the bowhead whale migration to the Beaufort Sea for summer feeding.
  • As his graphite stylus slid back and forth across the paper, images emerged: a bowhead whale, several reindeer, a bear and bear tracks.
  • The tusked narwhal, white beluga whales and elusive bowhead whale all live off the northern part of this island.
  • Cosens and Innes observed few bowheads south of Wager Bay, where American whalers found high densities of bowheads from 1860 into the 1870s.
  • The tusked narwhal, white beluga whales and elusive bowhead whale all live off the northern part of this island.
  • Some of the species found here include the walrus, polar bear, beluga, narwhal, bearded seals, harp seal, harbour seal, ringed seal, bowhead whale, ivory gull, and some migratory birds.
  • The proposal appears to apply in principle to virtually any species except bowheads and blue whales, though in practice I think the government is more interested in assessing stocks of fins, humpbacks, pilot whales and several dolphins.
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