"sailfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sailfishes [plural], sailfish [plural]
Etymology: From sail + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sail|fish}} sail + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sailfish}} sailfish (plural sailfishes or sailfish)
  1. A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back. Categories (lifeform): Lamniform sharks, Scombroids, Suckers (fish) Synonyms: boohoo
    Sense id: en-sailfish-en-noun-AHJ05yhY Disambiguation of Lamniform sharks: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of Scombroids: 67 16 17 Disambiguation of Suckers (fish): 66 16 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 29 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 30 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 24 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 23 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 45 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 45 25 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 23 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 23 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 45 25 30
  2. The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
    Sense id: en-sailfish-en-noun-a7XQgX8j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 37
  3. The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus).
    Sense id: en-sailfish-en-noun-rwuDDYno Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 24 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Atlantic sailfish (taxonomic: Istiophorus albicans), Indo-Pacific sailfish (taxonomic: Istiophorus platypterus) Translations (sailfish): zeilvis (Dutch), purjekala (Finnish), voilier [masculine] (French), espadon-voilier [masculine] (French), setuhuk (Indonesian), péist an tseoil [feminine] (Irish), pesce vela [masculine] (Italian), バショウカジキ (bashou-kajiki) (Japanese), ഓലമീൻ (ōlamīṉ) (Malayalam), ഓലപുടവൻ (ōlapuṭavaṉ) (Malayalam), പായമീൻ (pāyamīṉ) (Malayalam), żaglica [feminine] (Polish), па́русник (párusnik) [masculine] (Russian), pez vela [masculine] (Spanish), malasugi (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'sailfish': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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