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stockfish

Syllabification: (stock·fish)

Pronunciation: /ˈstäkˌfiSH/

Definition of stockfish

noun (plural same or stockfishes)

1cod or a similar fish split and dried in the open air without salt.

2a commercially valuable hake of coastal waters of southern Africa.
- Merluccius capensis, family Merlucciidae

Origin:

Middle English (stockfish (sense 1)): from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch stokvisch, of unknown origin; stockfish (sense 2) (early 19th century) from South African Dutch