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> No, more like it's likely related to Latin squalus,
> maybe somehow related to balaena
I'd agree that whale and squalus are likely related, but ballaena is
from Gk phal(l)aina (or more likely a Mac. dia. form) which is almost
certainly related to ball instead.
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