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stockfish definition

stock·fish (stäk′fis̸h′)

noun pl. stockfish -·fish′, stockfishes -·fish′es

any fish cured by being split and hung in the open air to dry without salt, as cod, haddock, etc.

Etymology: ME stokfysshe < MDu stokvisch < stok, stick (see stock) + visch, fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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