whalefish

noun — 2 senses

whalefish

noun

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

Dated A whale.

In Baffin's Bay where the whale-fish blow, The fate of Franklin no man may knowca. 1855, anonymous author, “Lord Franklin”:

Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.

Derived terms: flabby whalefish, redmouth whalefish, velvet whalefish

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