skiln.
/skɪl/ = sablefish n.
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skilfish1923
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1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 170/1 Halibut, herring, salmon, cod, and coal-fish or ‘skil’ (this last also rich in oil and a valuable food-fish) are likewise abundant [off the coast of British Columbia].
1897 C. R. Tuttle Golden North 124 One of the most delicious of deep water fish is the skil, or black cod, as it is sometimes called.
1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 591/1 Skil. A local name of the black candle-fish.
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ˈskilfish n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Anoplopomatidae (sablefish)
skil1886
skilfish1923
sablefish1936
1923 D. K. Tressler Marine Products of Commerce 736/2 Skilfish (Anoploma fimbria). A common food fish from Unalaska to Monterey.
1964 G. C. Carl Some Common Marine Fishes Brit. Columbia 48 The giant skilfish..may attain a weight of 200 pounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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