staurkval

Norwegian Bokmål

Staurkval

Alternative forms

• staurhval

Noun

staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvaler, definite plural staurkvalene)

1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

   Ute i fjorden var det staurkvaler.

   There were orcas in the fjord.

Synonyms

• vagn
• spekkhogger, spekkhugger

References

• “staurkval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Staurkval

Noun

staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvalar, definite plural staurkvalane)

1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

   Ute i fjorden var det staurkvalar.

   There were orcas in the fjord.

   • 1893, Jens Tvedt, Diktar-emne:

     Han laut ut og sjaa, kvar det vart av det andlitet og dei augo, og han braut seg igjenom folkemengdi justsom ein staurkval i eit sildelaas.

     He had to see where that face and those eyes went, and he ploughed his way through the crowd like an orca in a school of herring.

Synonyms

• vagn
• spekkhoggar

References

• “staurkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.