Meaning of døgling | Babel Free

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a type of toothed whale, odontocete: Hyperoodon latifrons Gray or possibly all hyperoodons;

common-gender

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Examples

“Jeg siger det, som det er, jeg har aldrig hørt om en døgling før. (...) det drejer sig om et par tandhvaler på ca. 1 1/2 ton hver, (...)”

I'll say it as it is, I've never heard of a døgling before. (...) it concerns a pair of toothed whales of about 1 and a half ton each, (...)

“Skjøndt meget fede Dyr, findes dog hos dem ikke den særlige Fedtansamling paa Hovedet, der er characteristisk for Teuthophagerne: Kaskelotterne, Døglingerne, Grinderne, ...”

Although very fatty animals, they do not have the particular fat-accumulation on the head, which is characteristic for the teuthophages: the cachelots, the døglings, the pilots, ...

“Døglingens Forekomst ved Færøerne har omtrent holdt Skridt med Grindehvalens. I de Perioder, da Grindehvalen har været sjeldnere, har det samme været Tilfældet med Døglingen.”

The occurrence of the bottlenose whale by the Faroe Islands has approximated that of the pilot whale. In those periods where the pilot whale has been rarer, the same has been the case for the bottlenose whale.

“Døglingens Føde bestaaer af tiarmede Blæksprutter, hvorom de talrige Levninger, som findes i de dræbte Dyrs Maver, vidne.”

The diet of the bottlenose whale consists of ten-armed cephalopods, to which the numerous remains found in the stomachs of the killed animals testify.

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