kvitkval

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Etymology

From kvit (white) +‎ kval (whale).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kʋiːtˌkʋɑːl/

Noun

kvitkval m (definite singular kvitkvalen, indefinite plural kvitkvalar, definite plural kvitkvalane)

  1. a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
    • 1939, Odd Refsdal, "Biskopen som åt støvlane sine" in Farleg liv:
      Det einaste feittet dei kunne få tak i, var av ein kvitkval som hadde legi der sidan sumaren i førevegen, og som sjølvsagt var halvroten.
      The only fat they could get, was from a beluga whale which had been there since the previous summer, and which was of course half rotten.

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