finnkval

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Etymology[edit]

From finne (“fin”) +‎ kval (“whale”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

finnkval m (definite singular finnkvalen, indefinite plural finnkvalar, definite plural finnkvalane)

  1. a fin whale, finback, Balaenoptera physalus
    • 1940, Jon Auklend, Norsk soge - med innskot om grannefolka:
      Då såg han mykje kval. Difor tok han til å veida finnkval nord i Ishavet med eimbåt.
      He saw a lot of whales then. Therefore he started hunting fin whale north in the Arctic Ocean with a steamboat.

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