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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Noun
rettkval m (definite singular rettkvalen, indefinite plural rettkvalar, definite plural rettkvalane)
- a right whale, a whale of the family Balaenidae.
1943, Johan Austbø, Svend Foyn - mannen og verket hans:Både spermasettkvalen og rettkvalen er klumpute, breidbygde dyr, seige og seine i vendinga, og med eit tjukt spekklag.- Both the sperm whale and the right whale are lumpy, thickset animals, sluggish and slow in their movements, and with a thick layer of blubber.
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