rettkval

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rettkval m (definite singular rettkvalen, indefinite plural rettkvalar, definite plural rettkvalane)

  1. 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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