nordcapern.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːdˌkeɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrdˌkeɪpər/

Forms: 1700s– nordcaper, 1800s– nordkaper. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form nordkapper.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from German. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (iii) a borrowing from Norwegian. Etymons: German Nordkaper; Dutch noordkaper; Norwegian nordkaper.

Etymology: Either < German Nordkaper (1754 in the work translated in quot. 1762; 1719 as †Nord-Caper : compare north-caper n.), or < Dutch noordkaper (1727), or < Norwegian nordkaper, all < the name of the North Cape (German Nordkap , Dutch Noordkaap , Norwegian Nordkapp ), the name of a promontory on the north coast of Magerøya, an island off the north coast of Norway + -er -er suffix¹. Compare earlier north-caper n. Compare French nordcaper (1868 in Littré).

A North Atlantic right whale (genus Balaena); spec. the black right whale, B. glacialis (formerly known as B. nordcaper).

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead)

steeple-topc1440

Greenland whale1648

right whale1726

north-caper1731

nordcaper1762

mysticete1797

icebreaker1869

poggy1871

bowhead whale1883

bay whale1947

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 236 Some whales have Spicula in their jaws, as those of Greenland, the Nordcaper, the Fin Fish [etc.].

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 4 The Greenlander feeds voraciously on the skin and fins of the nord-caper [printed -capon].

1868 Chambers'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.

1886 Sci. Amer. 9 Jan. 24/2 The great Arctic or Greenland whale..and the Atlantic right whale, nordcaper, sletbag and sarde of the old authors.

1937 Sci. Monthly July 21/2 First, there are the clumsy right whales (genus Balaena), like the Nordcaper and the Greenland whale, which skim the sea.

1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries xv. 273 The nordkaper was thought to be extinct; but when a whaling station was operating in the Hebrides before the First World War, glacialis was not infrequently taken.

1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World iii. 85 But that was in Greenland fishery..going after the Greenland right whale and the nordcaper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nordcaper
释义	nordcapern. Brit. /ˈnɔːdˌkeɪpə/, U.S. /ˈnɔrdˌkeɪpər/ Forms: 1700s– nordcaper, 1800s– nordkaper. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form nordkapper. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from German. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (iii) a borrowing from Norwegian. Etymons: German Nordkaper; Dutch noordkaper; Norwegian nordkaper. Etymology: Either < German Nordkaper (1754 in the work translated in quot. 1762; 1719 as †Nord-Caper : compare north-caper n.), or < Dutch noordkaper (1727), or < Norwegian nordkaper, all < the name of the North Cape (German Nordkap , Dutch Noordkaap , Norwegian Nordkapp ), the name of a promontory on the north coast of Magerøya, an island off the north coast of Norway + -er -er suffix¹. Compare earlier north-caper n. Compare French nordcaper (1868 in Littré). A North Atlantic right whale (genus Balaena); spec. the black right whale, B. glacialis (formerly known as B. nordcaper). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead) steeple-topc1440 Greenland whale1648 right whale1726 north-caper1731 nordcaper1762 mysticete1797 icebreaker1869 poggy1871 bowhead whale1883 bay whale1947 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 236 Some whales have Spicula in their jaws, as those of Greenland, the Nordcaper, the Fin Fish [etc.]. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 4 The Greenlander feeds voraciously on the skin and fins of the nord-caper [printed -capon]. 1868 Chambers'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. 1886 Sci. Amer. 9 Jan. 24/2 The great Arctic or Greenland whale..and the Atlantic right whale, nordcaper, sletbag and sarde of the old authors. 1937 Sci. Monthly July 21/2 First, there are the clumsy right whales (genus Balaena), like the Nordcaper and the Greenland whale, which skim the sea. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries xv. 273 The nordkaper was thought to be extinct; but when a whaling station was operating in the Hebrides before the First World War, glacialis was not infrequently taken. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World iii. 85 But that was in Greenland fishery..going after the Greenland right whale and the nordcaper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762
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