sailfish

English

Sailfish (sense 1)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From sail +‎ fish.

Noun

sailfish (plural sailfishes or sailfish)

1. A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.

   Synonym: boohoo

2. The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
3. The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus).

Derived terms

• Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)
• Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus).

Translations

sailfish

• Dutch: zeilvis
• Finnish: purjekala
• French: voilier (fr) m, espadon-voilier (fr) m
• Indonesian: setuhuk
• Irish: péist an tseoil f
• Italian: pesce vela m
• Japanese: バショウカジキ (bashou-kajiki)
• Malayalam: ഓലമീൻ (ōlamīṉ), ഓലപുടവൻ (ōlapuṭavaṉ), പായമീൻ (pāyamīṉ)
• Polish: żaglica f
• Russian: па́русник (ru) m (párusnik)
• Spanish: pez vela m
• Tagalog: malasugi