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* ''[[Pseudorca crassidens]]''
* ''[[Pseudorca crassidens]]''
* ''[[Pusa hispida/ Phoca hispida]]''
* ''[[Pusa hispida/ Phoca hispida]]''
* ''[[Seal (generic)]]''
* [[Seal (generic)]]
* ''[[Stenella coeruleoalbe]]''
* ''[[Stenella coeruleoalbe]]''
* ''[[Stenella frontalis]]''
* ''[[Stenella frontalis]]''
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* ''[[Trichechus senegalensis]]''
* ''[[Trichechus senegalensis]]''
* ''[[Tursiops truncatus]]''
* ''[[Tursiops truncatus]]''
* ''[[Whale (generic)]]''
* [[Whale (generic)]]
* ''[[Ziphius cavirostris]]''
* ''[[Ziphius cavirostris]]''



Revision as of 13:21, 11 January 2021

Marine Lexicon

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Marine Lexicon is a cooperation initiative between Portugal and Norway, funded by EEA Grants and CHAM – Centre for the Humanities, aiming at the construction of a thesaurus of European common names of marine mammals (cetaceans, seals and sea lions, and sirenians), symbolic elements (sea monsters, hybrid beings, folklore creatures) represented in the early modern age (15th-18th centuries) and place names related to the exploitation of marine mammals.

For now, a thesaurus with words and expressions from 10 languages, including old versions of the respective languages, will be included in a database; five South European and five North European. All are languages from countries and regions with a coastal line. The thesaurus is presented here, allowing scholars and the public to search within the true ocean of possibilities that is the European vocabulary about marine mammals.


Thesaurus


Activities related to marine mammals

Mythical creatures

Toponomy

Zooarchaeology