whalefish

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)

1. A whale.
2. Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.

Derived terms

• flabby whalefish (Cetomimidae spp.)
• redmouth whalefish (Rondeletiidae spp.)
• velvet whalefish (Barbourisiidae spp.)

Translations

whale — see whale

fish of the order Cetomimiformes

• Finnish: valaanpääkala