"nordcaper" meaning in All languages combined

See nordcaper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nordcapers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nordcaper (plural nordcapers)
  1. Alternative form of Nordcaper Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Nordcaper
    Sense id: en-nordcaper-en-noun-1DwLucxP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1982, Johan Nicolay Tønnessen, Arne Odd Johnsen, The History of Modern Whaling, page 93",
          "text": "A nordcaper would yield 700 to 800 kg. or even more, and in addition it was generally very fat, one particular specimen in Bunaveneader producing 120 barrels of oil.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Robert L. Brownell, P. B. Best, John H. Prescott, Right Whales: Past and Present Status",
          "text": "IWS II (1931 p. 7) tabulates catches from 1890 to 1909 and, referring to unspecified catches in those years, notes that 'Sperm-whales and nordcapers were only present in very scanty numbers'.",
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          "ref": "1992, Lochlann McGill, In Conall's Footsteps, page 352",
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