English Explanatory Dictionary

nordcaper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of Nordcaper.
noun
  1. A type of baleen whale from the North Atlantic (Balaena mysticetus or Balaena biscayensis).

Word forms

nordcaper nordcapers north-caper

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch, a reference to the North Cape in Finnmark, Norway, where most of these whales were found by Dutch and Norwegian whalers.

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