napalakki

napa (“navel; pole”) +‎ lakki (“cap, pileus”). In the sense "Omphalina", thus called because the center of the cap of these mushrooms resembles a navel. In the sense "polar cap", calque of English polar cap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑpɑˌlɑkːi/, [ˈnɑpɑˌlɑkːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• Syllabification^(key): na‧pa‧lak‧ki

napalakki

1. Any agaric mushroom of the genus Omphalina.
2. (astronomy) polar cap (high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice)

   Synonym: napajäätikkö

• (polar cap): The preferred Finnish term for Earth's polar cap is napajäätikkö. The use of napalakki is chiefly limited to other celestial bodies.

• jäkälänapalakki
• kultanapalakki
• ruostenapalakki
• sammalnapalakki
• vitinapalakki

• lapikkaan, pankkiala