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klipfish en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway.
   • Near-synonym: salt cod (sometimes hypernymous)

Forms

Coordinates

stockfish

Hypernyms

seafood · cod · fish · food

Relateds

rockfish

Synonyms

salt cod

klipfish en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae.

Forms

Hypernyms

animal · creature · fish · organism · vertebrate