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whalefish

whalefish

English

Noun

whalefish ‎(plural whalefishes or whalefish)

  1. A whale.
  2. Any fish of the Cetomimiformes order of ray-finned fish.

Derived terms

  • flabby whalefish
  • redmouth whalefish
  • velvet whalefish

Etymology

From whale +‎ fish. Compare West Frisian walfisk, Dutch walvis ‎(“whale”), German Low German Waalfisch, German Walfisch ‎(“whale”), Danish hvalfisk ‎(“whale”), Icelandic hvalfiskur.

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