The phrase "a bowhead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the bowhead whale, a species known for its distinctive bow-shaped head.
Example: "During our research expedition, we were fortunate enough to spot a bowhead swimming gracefully in the icy waters."
Alternatives: "a bowhead whale" or "the bowhead species".
A bowhead can be 60 feet long and weigh 75 tons.
A bowhead whale hunt and festival are held annually in the spring.
Lydersen, C. et al. Lost highway not forgotten: satellite tracking of a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) from the critically endangered Spitsbergen stock.
Hunters in the village had already spotted a bowhead, a month early, and were wondering if they might have to set up their spring ice camps on the beach.
Other examples of hybrids in the Arctic region include a narwhal-beluga whale cross found in west Greenland and an apparent hybrid of a bowhead and right whale photographed in the Bering Sea in 2009.
In Cape Cod Bay off New England last year, an aerial reconnaissance team from the Provincetown Centre for Coastal Studies surveying the north Atlantic right whales feeding in the bay were amazed to find a bowhead whale – a strictly Arctic cetacean – among their number.
Fig. 24 Hind flippers present in a single anomalous dolphin housed at the Taiji Whale Museum Fig. 25 Diagram showing the approximate location of the pelvis and hind limb of a male bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) in (A) lateral view and (B) dorsal view.
For the first time in decades not a single bowhead whale was caught from Barrow.
We sequenced the nuclear genome of a female bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) using the Illumina HiSeq platform at ∼150× coverage.
In 1993, two stone harpoon points were found inside an Alaskan bowhead.
This ecological specialization and a long lifespan15 make the bowhead whale a poor candidate for adapting to rapid climate change13,14; thus the species is listed by the International Whaling Commission as being vulnerable to climate-induced disturbance16.
