As a Hindi name
वादाल · noun · masculine
सहस्रदंष्ट्रा नामक मछली — Śabdasāgara
वाँ
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sheat-fish (= vadāla)
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Dictionary citations
vādāla m. the sheat-fish (= vadāla), L.
vādāla m. (-laḥ) A sheat fish. E. vadāla the same, aṇ pleonasm added.
Alternative readings
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