Meanings
plural oarfishes
- A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.
2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: doomsday fish
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian риба-гребло, гигантска херинга
- риба-гребло (riba-greblo)fish of the family Regalecidae
- гигантска херинга (gigantska heringa)fish of the family Regalecidae
Chinese Mandarin 皇帶魚 /皇带鱼
- 皇帶魚 /皇带鱼fish of the family Regalecidae
Danish sildekonge
- sildekongefish of the family Regalecidae
Finnish airokala
- airokalafish of the family Regalecidae
German Riemenfisch, Bandfisch
- Riemenfischfish of the family Regalecidae
- Bandfischfish of the family Regalecidae
Italian pesce remo
- pesce remofish of the family Regalecidae
Māori matarua
- mataruafish of the family Regalecidae
Norwegian Bokmål sildekonge
- sildekongefish of the family Regalecidae
Spanish pez remo
- pez remofish of the family Regalecidae
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
oarfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oarfish
“oarfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oarfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oarfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oarfish.
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