nordcaper
nordcaper is the alternative form of Nordcaper.
Noun capitalized: Nordcaper
Nordcaper (plural Nordcapers)
- A type of baleen whale from the North Atlantic (Balaena mysticetus or Balaena biscayensis).
- Besides the “Nordcapers,” the voyagers one day fell in with another species of dolphin, three or four of which gambolled under the Germania's bows.1880, William Henry Davenport Adams, Recent Polar Voyages
- Taking all our 69 Nordcapers together, the average girth, according to the measurements given, is just about 63 per cent. of the length of the fish ; that is to say, a whale of average size, say 474 feet long, would have a girth of 30 feet.1926, Fishery Board for Scotland, Fishery Board for Scotland Scientific Investigations, page 8
Forms of nordcaper
| plural | nordcapers |
|---|---|
| plural | Nordcapers |
| alternative form | nordcaper |
| alternative form | north-caper |
Origin of nordcaper
Borrowing from Dutch, a reference to the North Cape in Finnmark, Norway, where most of these whales were found by Dutch and Norwegian whalers.
Questions about nordcaper
- What does nordcaper mean?
- Nordcaper means a type of baleen whale from the North Atlantic (Balaena mysticetus or Balaena biscayensis).
- What is nordcaper the alternative form of?
- Nordcaper is the alternative form of Nordcaper.
- What part of speech is nordcaper?
- Nordcaper is a noun.
- What is the plural of nordcaper?
- The plural of nordcaper is nordcapers.
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