† north-capern.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: proper name North Cape , -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of the North Cape (see nordcaper n.) + -er suffix¹, after German †Nord-Caper (1719 in the passage translated in quot. 1731).

Obsolete.

= nordcaper n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead)

steeple-topc1440

Greenland whale1648

right whale1726

north-caper1731

nordcaper1762

mysticete1797

icebreaker1869

poggy1871

bowhead whale1883

bay whale1947

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. i. 7 On the last Day of February we discover'd a small Whale, call'd a North Caper.

1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 611 There is another sort of Whale in these Seas, called North-Capers, which feed on Herrings.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 384 We also saw..above the water a large north-caper. This fish, which very much resembles the Greenland whale, is more dangerous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	north-caper
释义	† north-capern. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: proper name North Cape , -er suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of the North Cape (see nordcaper n.) + -er suffix¹, after German †Nord-Caper (1719 in the passage translated in quot. 1731). Obsolete. = nordcaper n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead) steeple-topc1440 Greenland whale1648 right whale1726 north-caper1731 nordcaper1762 mysticete1797 icebreaker1869 poggy1871 bowhead whale1883 bay whale1947 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. i. 7 On the last Day of February we discover'd a small Whale, call'd a North Caper. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 611 There is another sort of Whale in these Seas, called North-Capers, which feed on Herrings. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 384 We also saw..above the water a large north-caper. This fish, which very much resembles the Greenland whale, is more dangerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1731
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