abborfamilien

Norwegian Bokmål

A couple of yellow perches swimming.

Etymology

abbor +‎ familie, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre (“perch”). Last part from German Familie (“family”), from Latin familia, from *famulia, from Proto-Italic *fameljā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔrfamiːlɪən/
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Rhymes: -ɪən
Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧fa‧mi‧li‧en

Noun

abborfamilien

(zoology) the perch family; Percidae (a taxonomic family within the order Perciformes)
Synonym: abbor

Hyponyms

(fish in the Percidae family): abbor (“perch”), gjørs (“zander”), hork (“ruffe”)

References

“abborfamilien” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“abborfamilien” in Store norske leksikon