stockfish

== English == === Alternative forms === stock-fish, stokvis, stockphyshe (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɒkfɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɒkfɪʃ Hyphenation: stock‧fish === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English stokfissh, stokfysch, from Middle Dutch stocvisch and/or Middle Low German stokvisch (“stick fish”), because the fish are dried on sticks or poles. Equivalent to stock +‎ fish. ==== Noun ==== stockfish (countable and uncountable, plural stockfishes or stockfish) Cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. Hypernyms: fish < seafood < food Coordinate terms: (dried and salted) klipfish, salt cod ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== stockfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Afrikaans stokvis, from Dutch stokvis. ==== Noun ==== stockfish (plural stockfishes or stockfish) (South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis) ===== Synonyms ===== (Merluccius capensis): South African hake ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Merluccius capensis): deep-water Cape hake (Merluccius paradoxus) ==== Further reading ==== Merluccius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Merluccius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Merluccius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons