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Cod-liver oil   /kɑd-lˈɪvər ɔɪl/   Listen
Cod-liver oil

noun
1.
An oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D.  Synonym: cod liver oil.






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... and you can get a jolly, red-faced, middle-aged English gentleman, who has made himself happy by going to church in the morning, and is ready to make anybody else happy in the afternoon, just stir him up in the mixture, and then you will know the difference between cod-liver oil and champagne, even if you have never tasted either of them. The afternoon was piled-up-and-pressed-down joyfulness for me, and I seemed to be walking in a dream among the beings and the things that we ...
— Pomona's Travels - A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former - Handmaiden • Frank R. Stockton



Words linked to "Cod-liver oil" :   cod liver oil, animal oil, cod oil



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