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Meaning of grindkval | Babel Free

Noun masculine
²ɡrɪn(d)ˌkvaːl

Definitions

a pilot whale, specifically long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas

masculine

Examples

“Men for Færøyingen er det ein Beste-Rett, og han stundar etter Grindkvalen, som mesta kvart Aaret i Juli og August søkjer under Land i Flokketal, i hundradvis […]”

But for the Faroe Islanders it is a delicacy, and they long for the pilot whale, which nearly every year in July and August, comes close to land in herds, in their hundreds […]

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