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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of tand (“tooth”) + walvis (“whale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑntˌʋɑl.vɪs/, /ˈtɑnt.ʋɑlˌvɪs/
- Hyphenation: tand‧wal‧vis
Noun
tandwalvis m (plural tandwalvissen)
- toothed whale, whale of the suborder Odontoceti
- Hypernym: walvis
- Hyponyms: bruinvis, dolfijn, potvis
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