doegling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), from which oil was once obtained.

Word forms

doegling doeglings

Etymology

From a typographical variant of Danish døgling, from Faroese døglingur, which now refers to the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus).

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