"sei whale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sei whales [plural]
Etymology: Partial translation of Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval/kval (“whale”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|no|-}} Norwegian, {{m|nb|seihval}} seihval, {{m|nn|seikval}} seikval, {{m|nb|sei||pollock}} sei (“pollock”), {{m|nb|hval}} hval, {{m|nn|kval||whale}} kval (“whale”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sei whale (plural sei whales)
  1. A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis). Wikipedia link: sei whale Categories (lifeform): Whales Translations (whale of the rorqual family): rorqual del nord [masculine] (Catalan), rorqual boreal [masculine] (Catalan), 塞鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 塞鲸 (sāijīng) (Chinese Mandarin), sejhval [common-gender] (Danish), seitivalas (Finnish), rorqual boréal [masculine] (French), rorcual boreal [masculine] (Galician), Seiwal [masculine] (German), βορειοφάλαινα (voreiofálaina) [feminine] (Greek), tikaagulliusaarnaq (Greenlandic), sandreyður [feminine] (Icelandic), balenottera boreale [feminine] (Italian), 보리고래 (borigorae) (Korean), sáidefális (Northern Sami), seihval [masculine] (Norwegian), sejwal [masculine] (Polish), baleia-sei [feminine] (Portuguese), baleia-boreal [feminine] (Portuguese), сейва́л (sejvál) [masculine] (Russian), сайдяно́й кит (sajdjanój kit) [masculine] (Russian), ивасёвый кит (ivasjóvyj kit) [masculine] (Russian), ивасёвый полоса́тик (ivasjóvyj polosátik) [masculine] (Russian), rorcual norteño [masculine] (Spanish), sejval [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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