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lox (läks)

noun

a variety of salty smoked salmon

Etymology: via Yiddish < Ger lachs, salmon, akin to OE leax, salmon, Tocharian lakṣi, fish < IE *laksos, salmon < base *lak-, speckled

lox2 definition

lox (läks)

noun

liquid oxygen, esp. when used in rockets
also LOX

Etymology: l(iquid) ox(ygen)

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