klappmyss
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From German Klappmütze.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klappmyss m (definite singular klappmyssen, indefinite plural klappmyssar, definite plural klappmyssane)
- 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.
References edit
- “klappmyss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.