单词 | nordcaper |
释义 | nordcaper|ˈnɔːdˌkeɪpə(r)| Also -kap(p)er. [ad. Du. noordkaper or G. nordkaper (f. Du. noordkaap, G. nordkap, the North Cape), formerly used as a specific name (Balæna Nordcaper): hence also F. nordcaper.] A North Atlantic species of whale, variously identified with Balæna mysticetus and B. biscayensis. Cf. north-caper.
1822Good Study Med. I. 4 The Greenlander feeds voraciously on the skin and fins of the nord-caper [printed -capon]. 1868Chambers's Encycl. X. 152/1 The Nordkaper..has by some naturalists been described as a distinct species, although it is more generally regarded as a variety of B. mysticetus. 1886Sci. Amer. LIV. 24 The great Arctic or Greenland whale..and the Atlantic right whale, nordcaper, sletbag and sarde of the old authors. |

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