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FISH-LIVER OIL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fish-liver oil mean?

• FISH-LIVER OIL (noun)
The noun FISH-LIVER OIL has 1 sense:

1. a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish

Familiarity information: FISH-LIVER OIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FISH-LIVER OIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fish oil; fish-liver oil

Hypernyms ("fish-liver oil" is a kind of...):

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fish-liver oil"):

tuna oil (an oil obtained from tuna)

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