CEFR B2

whalefish

noun

Meaning

whalefish means any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses whalefish to mean any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.
The teacher asked students to find whalefish in the reading.

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whalefish (B2)

noun

Definition

Examples

The article uses whalefish to mean any fish of the order Cetomimiformes of deepwater ray-finned fish.
The teacher asked students to find whalefish in the reading.

How to Use whalefish

a/the whalefish (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a whalefish."
whalefish in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked whalefish in context before translating it."

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