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north-caper

north-caper is the alternative form of Nordcaper.

Meaning of Nordcaper

Noun

Nordcaper (plural Nordcapers)

  1. 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

Forms of north-caper

pluralnorth-capers

Questions about north-caper

What is north-caper the alternative form of?
North-caper is the alternative form of Nordcaper.

Words near north-caper in the dictionary

  1. North Yalgogrin
  2. North Yemen
  3. North Yeoval
  4. North York
  5. North Yorkshire
  6. north-caper
  7. north-capers
  8. north-east
  9. North-East Region
  10. north-easterlies
  11. north-easterly

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