stökkull

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstœhkʏtl]
  • Rhymes: -œhkʏtl

Noun

stökkull m (genitive singular stökkuls, nominative plural stökklar)

  1. bottlenose dolphin
  2. (mythology) a whale that hunts ships to destroy them
  3. (genetics) transposon, jumping gene
    Synonym: stökkgen
  4. (historical) aspergillum (rod used by Catholic priests to sprinkle holy water on churchgoers)
    Synonym: kvöstur

Declension

Declension of stökkull (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stökkull stökkullinn stökklar stökklarnir
accusative stökkul stökkulinn stökkla stökklana
dative stökkli stökklinum stökklum stökklunum
genitive stökkuls stökkulsins stökkla stökklanna

Derived terms

  • eðjustökkull (“mudskipper”)
  • IS-stökkull (“IS-element”)
  • P-stökkull (“P-element”)
  • retróstökkull (“retroposon”)
  • samsettur stökkull (“a composite transposon”)
  • stökkhveli
  • stökkvill
  • vatnsstökkull
  • víxlstökkull (“retroposon”)

See also

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