sailfish

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

sailfish

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Istiophorus

Etymology

sail +‎ fish

Noun

sailfish (plural sailfishes or sailfish)

A fish of the genus Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.
Synonym: boohoo
The basking shark.
The quillback.

Derived terms

Atlantic sailfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Indo-Pacific sailfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.).

Translations

fish

Dutch: zeilvis
Finnish: purjekala
French: voilier (fr) m, espadon-voilier (fr) m
Irish: péist an tseoil f
Italian: pesce vela m
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Japanese: バショウカジキ (bashou-kajiki)
Polish: żaglica f
Russian: па́русник (ru) m (párusnik)
Spanish: pez vela m
Tagalog: malasugi

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