出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/12/22 18:08 UTC 版)
From whale + fish. Compare West Frisian walfisk, Dutch walvis (“whale”), German Low German Waalfisch, German Walfisch (“whale”), Danish hvalfisk (“whale”), Icelandic hvalfiskur.
The usage of "whalefish" to refer to a cetacean has fallen out of fashion, as the stricter scientific definition of "fish" has become more or less universal.