staurkval

Norwegian Bokmål

Staurkval

Alternative forms

  • staurhval

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.

Synonyms

  • vagn
  • spekkhogger, spekkhugger

References


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.

Synonyms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.