whalefish

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noun

A whale.

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Meanings

nounwhalefish (plural whalefishes or whalefish)

plural whalefishes

  1. datedA whale.

    In Baffin's Bay where the whale-fish blow, The fate of Franklin no man may know

    ca. 1855, anonymous author, “Lord Franklin”
  2. Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.

Origin

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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Translations

Finnish valaanpääkala
  • valaanpääkalafish of the order Cetomimiformes
Cite this entry
APA

whalefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalefish

MLA

“whalefish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalefish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whalefish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalefish.

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