English Explanatory Dictionary

whalefish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

whalefish whalefishes

Etymology

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

Derived words

flabby whalefish redmouth whalefish velvet whalefish
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