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klipfish¹

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

noun klipfishes · clipfish

  1. countable, uncountable Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway. Near-synonym: salt cod (sometimes hypernymous)

    Similar: salt cod

klipfish²

noun klipfishes · clipfish

  1. countable, uncountable A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae.

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@misc{klipfish_2026,
  title = {klipfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/klipfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}