spekkhogger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spekk (“blubber”) +‎ hogga (“hew → chomp”) +‎ -er (“-er”), "blubber hewer" → "blubber chomper".

Cognate to Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, Danish spækhugger, Swedish späckhuggare, German Speckhauer (dated).

Noun

spekkhogger m (definite singular spekkhoggeren, indefinite plural spekkhoggerer, definite plural spekkhoggerene)

  1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

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