minke
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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Definition of minke
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of minke whale.
“Minkes can grow to 10m and are likely to approach boats, delighting passengers with acrobatics as they hurl themselves out of the water.”
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Etymology
From Norwegian minkehval, allegedly after a crew member of the Norwegian whaling pioneer Svend Foyn (1809–1894), named Meincke, who mistook a pod of minkes for blue whales.
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