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stökkull

stökkull

Icelandic

Noun

stökkull m (genitive singular stökkuls, nominative plural stökklar)

  1. bottlenose dolphin
  2. (mythology) a whale that hunts ships to destroy them
  3. (genetics) transposon, jumping gene syn.
  4. (historical) aspergillum (rod used by Catholic priests to sprinkle holy water on churchgoers) syn.

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  • (transposon): def. stökkgen
  • (aspergillum): def. kvöstur