grønlandskval
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Grønland (“Greenland”) + kval (“whale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grønlandskval m (definite singular grønlandskvalen, indefinite plural grønlandskvalar, definite plural grønlandskvalane)
- a bowhead, bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus
- 1889, Julius Gude, Lærebok i landkunna:
- […] her sig dei store fiskebergi med skreidtorsk, seid og sild, her liver grønlandskvalen, det største dyret paa jordi, rossmaalen og kobben […]
- here floats the great masses of fish with cod, pollock and herring, here lives the bowhead, the largest animal on earth, the walrus and the seal
References
- “grønlandskval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.