[tied] Re: morsha

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> So ballaena "swollen thing, bladder like critter"

If applied to sturgeons originally it might have meant 'swollen with
eggs' (hence the fem.). If not originally by the ocean applying the
word for the largest known fish to whales would be logical.