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n. - A fish with one horn, such as the swordfish.

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  • On Joshua's money, on one side, an ox; on the other, a monoceros.
  • Beluga Delphinapterus leucas (VU) and narwal Monodon monoceros visit Disko Bugt in autumn and winter.
  • Summer and fall movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from northeastern Baffin Island towards northern Davis Strait.
  • Whattan, W.B. Note on a female Narwhal, Monodon monoceros, from the North Seas xiii.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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