"klipfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: klipfishes [plural], clipfish [alternative]
Etymology: From Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nb|klippfisk}} Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} klipfish (countable and uncountable, plural klipfishes)
  1. Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: salt cod Hypernyms: cod, fish, seafood, food Related terms: rockfish Coordinate_terms: stockfish
    Sense id: en-klipfish-en-noun-en:Q2428509_or_subset_thereof Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Blennies Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Blennies: 65 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: klipfishes [plural], clipfish [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} klipfish (countable and uncountable, plural klipfishes)
  1. A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
    Sense id: en-klipfish-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q658930 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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