stockfish
noun/ˈstɒkfɪʃ/
/ˈstɑːkfɪʃ/
- [uncountable] cod or similar fish that is dried without salt
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- [countable] (plural stockfish, stockfishes)(South African English) a large sea fish that is used for food
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (1)): from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stokvisch, of unknown origin; sense (2) (early 19th cent.) from South African Dutch.
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