stockfish
Meanings
noun
- Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
noun
- The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
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Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock + fish.
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