stockfish

stockfish
noun /ˈstɒkfɪʃ/
a) A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.

, 1819: So the Prior of Saint Botolph’s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the stockfish and ale, which was just serving out for the friars’ breakfast. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

b) The South African hake.
Syn: Merluccius capensis

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