stökkull

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstœhkʏtl]
• Rhymes: -œhkʏtl

Noun

stökkull m (genitive singular stökkuls, nominative plural stökklar)

1. bottlenose dolphin
2. (mythology) a whale that hunts ships to destroy them
3. (genetics) transposon, jumping gene

   Synonym: stökkgen

4. (historical) aspergillum (rod used by Catholic priests to sprinkle holy water on churchgoers)

   Synonym: kvöstur

Declension

Declension of stökkull (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stökkull	stökkullinn	stökklar	stökklarnir
accusative	stökkul	stökkulinn	stökkla	stökklana
dative	stökkli	stökklinum	stökklum	stökklunum
genitive	stökkuls	stökkulsins	stökkla	stökklanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• eðjustökkull (“mudskipper”)
• IS-stökkull (“IS-element”)
• P-stökkull (“P-element”)
• retróstökkull (“retroposon”)
• samsettur stökkull (“a composite transposon”)
• stökkhveli
• stökkvill
• vatnsstökkull
• víxlstökkull (“retroposon”)

See also

• hlautteinn
• hlautgeir
• höfrungur
• kvöstur
• vöndur