nordkaper

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²nuːrˌkɑːpɛr/

Noun

nordkaper m (definite singular nordkaperen, indefinite plural nordkaperar, definite plural nordkaperane)

  1. a North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis
    • 1945, Olav Hoprekstad, Noreg:
      No er grønlandskvalen fredlyst. Det same gjeld nordkaperen, dei kallar, ein kval som liknar grønlandskvalen, held seg lenger sør i Atlanterhavet, men ferdast kringom i Nordhavet og.
      The bowhead is now protected. The same goes for the North Atlantic right whale, as it is called, a whale that resembles the bowhead, stays further south in the Atlantic, but roams about in the northern seas as well.

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