"whistlefish" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: whistle + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whistle|fish}} whistle + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} whistlefish (plural not attested)
  1. (dialect, archaic) A fish: the gossat or rockling. Tags: archaic, dialectal, no-plural Categories (lifeform): Scombroids
    Sense id: en-whistlefish-en-noun-LOTuulYe Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English nouns with unattested plurals

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