whalefish

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

whalefish (plural whalefishes or whalefish)

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

Derived terms[edit]

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