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sei

n. a small rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis.
Etymology: Norw. sejhval sei whale

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\\ˈsā\ noun also sei whale (-s)

Etymology: sei, short for sei whale; sei whale, part translation of Norwegian seihval, from sei coalfish (akin to Old Norse seidhr coalfish) + hval whale; from its habit of following the coalfish in search of food — more at saithe

: a common and widely distributed small white-spotted rorqual (Balaenopterus borealis)

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/say/, n.

See sei whale.

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sei /sā/

noun

(also sei whale) a kind of rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis)

ORIGIN: Norw sejhval sei whale

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sei «say», noun.

= sei whale. (Cf. ↑sei whale)

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[sā]

n. another term for sei whale

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sei

obs. f. say v.¹, see v.; var. sey n.²

Useful english dictionary. 2012.