rorqual
English
WOTD – 27 June 2006
Etymology
From Norwegian røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒɹkwəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
rorqual (plural rorquals)
- Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
- 1873 – Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ch. 1 (transl. by F. P. Walter)
- Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.
- 1873 – Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ch. 1 (transl. by F. P. Walter)
Translations
whale with long skin folds below mouth
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Catalan
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian røyrkval (“furrow whale”), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔʁ.k(w)al/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “rorqual” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
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