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noun
Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: salt cod
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cod, fish, seafood, food
noun
A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
History
From Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there.
