nebbkval
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From nebb (“beak”) + kval (“whale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nebbkval m (definite singular nebbkvalen, indefinite plural nebbkvalar, definite plural nebbkvalane)
- a bottlenose whale, specifically northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
- one of several smaller whales with beak-like mouths.
- 1937, Åsmund Sveen, “translator, original author Sigvard Malmberg”, in Sverre på fangst:
- I juli gjekk ho millom Færøyane og Island etter ein liten kval dei kallar nebbkvalen. Dei store kvalfangarene går likesæle framum han, men til dei små båtane er han bra nok.
- In July she hunted between the Faroe Islands and Iceland after a small whale they call nebbkval. The big whalers pass it by indifferently, but it is good enough for the small boats.
References
- “nebbkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.