stökkull
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstœhkʏtl]
- Rhymes: -œhkʏtl
Noun
stökkull m (genitive singular stökkuls, nominative plural stökklar)
- bottlenose dolphin
- (mythology) a whale that hunts ships to destroy them
- (genetics) transposon, jumping gene
- (historical) aspergillum (rod used by Catholic priests to sprinkle holy water on churchgoers)
Declension
declension of stökkull
| m-s1 | 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 |
Synonyms
- (transposon): stökkgen
- (aspergillum): kvöstur
Derived terms
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
- hlautteinn
- hlautgeir
- höfrungur
- kvöstur
- vöndur