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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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