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Given its mottled white and grey color and the way it lies belly up motionless what whale got its name from the Old Norse word for corpse whale?

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What does 'Narwhal' mean in the Old Norse language?

Well, nar (with accent on a) in Old Norse means the dead, or corpse, primarily referring to the colour of the narwhal ( mottled grey and how it reflects that of a drowned body. The whale bit is pretty self explanatory.