klipfish

English

Alternative forms

• clipfish

Etymology 1

From Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there.

Noun

klipfish (countable and uncountable, plural klipfishes)

2. Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway.

   Hypernyms: cod < fish < seafood < food

   Coordinate term: stockfish (dried without salt)

   Near-synonym: salt cod (sometimes hypernymous)

See also

• rockfish

Etymology 2

Noun

klipfish (countable and uncountable, plural klipfishes)

2. A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae.

   Hypernyms: fish < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponym: see list at Wikipedia

References

• “klipfish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.