staurkval

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Norwegian Bokmål

Staurkval

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Noun

staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvaler, definite plural staurkvalene)

  1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
    Ute i fjorden var det staurkvaler.
    There were orcas in the fjord.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Staurkval

Noun

staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvalar, definite plural staurkvalane)

  1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
    Ute i fjorden var det staurkvalar.
    There were orcas in the fjord.
    • 1893, Jens Tvedt, Diktar-emne:
      Han laut ut og sjaa, kvar det vart av det andlitet og dei augo, og han braut seg igjenom folkemengdi justsom ein staurkval i eit sildelaas.
      He had to see where that face and those eyes went, and he ploughed his way through the crowd like an orca in a school of herring.

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