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English
Etymology
From whale + fish. Compare West Frisian walfisk, Dutch walvis (“whale”), German Low German Waalfisch, German Walfisch (“whale”), Danish hvalfisk (“whale”), Icelandic hvalfiskur.
Noun
whalefish (plural whalefishes or whalefish)
- A whale.
- Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.
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