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SHARK-LIVER OIL

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

1. a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A

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

• SHARK-LIVER OIL (noun)

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Meaning:

A fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

shark oil; shark-liver oil

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

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

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