† thurlheadn.
Obsolete. rare.
= thirlepoll n.
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huddon?c1370
whirlpoolc1450
thirlepollc1460
physeter1581
whirl-about1605
whirl-whale1606
thurlhead1610
black whale1615
blackfish1688
bonefish1752
pollack1774
Algerine1849
sea-boar1859
oil-butt1937
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 184 There came to land a mighty multitude of great sea fishes, to wit, Thurlhedis.
a1761 W. Harris Hist. Dublin (1766) xi. 265 About the 24th of June [1331] a prodigious number of large sea fish, called Turlehydes, were brought into the bay of Dublin, and cast on Shore at the Mouth of the river Dodder.
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