staurkval
Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms
Noun
staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvaler, definite plural staurkvalene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#STAURKVALCategory:Pages with entries#STAURKVALCategory:Pages with 2 entries#STAURKVAL
- orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Ute i fjorden var det staurkvaler.
- There were orcas in the fjord.
Synonyms
References
- “staurkval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun
staurkval m (definite singular staurkvalen, indefinite plural staurkvalar, definite plural staurkvalane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#STAURKVALCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#STAURKVALCategory:Pages with entries#STAURKVALCategory:Pages with 2 entries#STAURKVAL
- 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.Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#STAURKVAL
- 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
References
- “staurkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.