klappmyss

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Etymology[edit]

From German Klappmütze.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

klappmyss m (definite singular klappmyssen, indefinite plural klappmyssar, definite plural klappmyssane)

  1. a hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
    • 1932, Paul Moltu, Fiskarsoga frå Sunnmøre og Romsdal:
      Dei gjekk no ut omkring 20. mars til Vesterisen etter ungsel, og seinare i Danskestrætet etter klappmyss.
      Now they went out around 20 March to the Western Ice after young seal, and later into the Danish Strait after hooded seal.

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