an oil obtained from the liver of a fish (or a cetacean).
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > fish oil > types of (7) liver oil1747 an oil obtained from the liver of a fish (or a cetacean). cod liver oil1754 Oil obtained from the livers of cod or related fish. Also as a modifier. cod oil1761 oil obtained from cod or related fish; spec. = cod liver oil, n. straits oil1850 a type of fish-oil (see quot. 1902), formerly made from fish caught in the straits between Newfoundland and Labrador; also elliptical. shore-oil1875 the finest kind of cod-liver oil (see quot. 1875). ray-oil1881 oil expressed from the liver of a ray, used as an alternative to cod liver oil. fish-liver-oil- a term applied to the oil obtained from other fish than the cod (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1884). |
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