"whalefish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whalefishes [plural], whalefish [plural]
Etymology: From whale + fish. Compare West Frisian walfisk, Dutch walvis (“whale”), German Low German Waalfisch, German Walfisch (“whale”), Danish hvalfisk (“whale”), Icelandic hvalfiskur. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whale|fish}} whale + fish, {{cog|fy|walfisk}} West Frisian walfisk, {{cog|nl|walvis||whale}} Dutch walvis (“whale”), {{cog|nds-de|Waalfisch}} German Low German Waalfisch, {{cog|de|Walfisch||whale}} German Walfisch (“whale”), {{cog|da|hvalfisk||whale}} Danish hvalfisk (“whale”), {{cog|is|hvalfiskur}} Icelandic hvalfiskur Head templates: {{en-noun|+|whalefish}} whalefish (plural whalefishes or whalefish)
  1. A whale.
    Sense id: en-whalefish-en-noun-sekK7SOT
  2. Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish. Categories (lifeform): Fish, Whales Translations (fish of the order Cetomimiformes): valaanpääkala (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-whalefish-en-noun-qUyxNmrX Disambiguation of Fish: 1 99 Disambiguation of Whales: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'fish of the order Cetomimiformes': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flabby whalefish (taxonomic: Cetomimidae spp.), redmouth whalefish (taxonomic: Rondeletiidae spp.), velvet whalefish (taxonomic: Barbourisiidae spp.)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Cetomimidae spp.",
      "word": "flabby whalefish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Rondeletiidae spp.",
      "word": "redmouth whalefish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Barbourisiidae spp.",
      "word": "velvet whalefish"
    }
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      "expansion": "West Frisian walfisk",
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    },
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      "expansion": "Dutch walvis (“whale”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Waalfisch",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Walfisch",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish hvalfisk (“whale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hvalfiskur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hvalfiskur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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      ],
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        "Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "ray-finned",
          "ray-finned"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "valaanpääkala"
        }
      ]
    }
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Cetomimidae spp.",
      "word": "flabby whalefish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Rondeletiidae spp.",
      "word": "redmouth whalefish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Barbourisiidae spp.",
      "word": "velvet whalefish"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Waalfisch",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hvalfiskur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hvalfiskur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From whale + fish. Compare West Frisian walfisk, Dutch walvis (“whale”), German Low German Waalfisch, German Walfisch (“whale”), Danish hvalfisk (“whale”), Icelandic hvalfiskur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whalefishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whalefish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A whale."
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish."
      ],
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          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fish of the order Cetomimiformes",
      "word": "valaanpääkala"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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