† pot-ˈwalfish Obs.
[? ad. Ger. pottwallfisch; cf. obs. Du. pots-wal-visch ‘Cete’ (Kilian); see pot-fish, whalefish.]
= pot-fish.
| 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. Introd. 23 The Trumpa Whale or Spouter, may perhaps be the Physeter, and the Sperma Ceti Whale the Pot-Walfish. 1730 S. Dale Harwich App. 413 The Parmacitty-Whale or Pot-Wall-fish. |