noun pl. stockfish, stockfishes
Origin: ME stokfysshe < MDu stokvisch < stok, stick (see stock) + visch, fish
See stockfish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. stockfish stockfish or stock·fish·es
Origin:
Origin: Middle English stokfish
Origin: , translation of Middle Dutch stocvisch
Origin: : stoc, tree limb (perhaps from its being dried on wooden racks)
Origin: + vische, fish
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