STOCKFISH

stockfish

(noun) fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

stockfish (countable and uncountable, plural stockfishes or stockfish)

A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.

Etymology 2

Noun

stockfish (plural stockfishes or stockfish)

(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)

Synonyms

• (Merluccius capensis): South African hake

Coordinate terms

• (Merluccius capensis): deep-water Cape hake (Merluccius paradoxus)

Source: Wiktionary


Stock"fish`, n. Etym: [Cf. D. stokvisch.]

1. Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Young fresh cod.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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