knølkval

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From knøl +‎ kval (“whale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²knøːlˌkʋɑːl/

Noun

knølkval m (definite singular knølkvalen, indefinite plural knølkvalar, definite plural knølkvalane)

a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- 1956, Gunnar Pedersen (translated from Bjørn Hafslund), Økonomisk geografi:
  Omfram blåkval fangar dei finnkval, knølkval og seikval.
  Except for blue whale, they catch fin whale, humpback whale and sei whale.

References

“knølkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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