pallopäävalas

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • pilot whale either of two species of whale in the genus Globicephala

Etymology

Compound from Finnish pallo (ball, sphere, balloon) + Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal)+ Finnish valas (whale).

Origin

Finnish

valas

Gloss

whale

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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