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

Declension

declension of stökkull

m-s1	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

Synonyms

• (transposon): stökkgen
• (aspergillum): kvöstur

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