spekkhoggar
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom spekk (“blubber”) + hoggar (“chopper”). Compare Norwegian spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Danish spækhugger, Swedish späckhuggare, German Speckhauer (dated).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspekkhoggar m (definite singular spekkhoggaren, indefinite plural spekkhoggarar, definite plural spekkhoggarane)
- orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Ute i fjorden var det spekkhoggarar.
- There were orcas in the fjord.
- 1936, Odd Refsdal, translated from T.C. Bridges & H.H. Tiltman, Med livet som innsats:
- I boka si um kaptein Scotts polarekspedisjon fortel Ponting korleis han vart påteken av spekkhoggarar.
- In his book about Captain Scott's expedition to the Pole, Ponting relates how he was attacked by orcas.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “spekkhoggar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.