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coalfish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From coal + fish.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: levneg du — Pollachius virens
  • Catalan: peix carboner — Pollachius virens
  • Danish: sej — Pollachius virens
  • Finnish: seiti — Pollachius virens
  • French: lieu noir — Pollachius virens
  • French: colin — Pollachius virens
  • Galician: carboeiro — Pollachius virens
  • German: Köhler — Pollachius virens
  • German: Kohlfisch — Pollachius virens
  • Icelandic: ufsi — Pollachius virens
  • Irish: glasán — Pollachius virens
  • Irish: liúdar — Pollachius virens
  • Irish: mangach — Pollachius virens
  • Norman: colîn — Pollachius virens
  • Polish: czarniak — Pollachius virens
  • Russian: са́йда (sájda) — Pollachius virens
  • Spanish: fogonero — Pollachius virens
  • Swedish: sej — Pollachius virens
  • Welsh: chwitlyn glas — Pollachius virens