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codliver

codliver is the alternative form of cod liver.

Meaning of cod liver

Noun

cod liver (countable and uncountable, plural cod livers)

  1. The liver of codfish.
    • The menhaden ester fractions were worked up more thoroughly than the cod liver esters, but it was assumed, on the basis of the indicated similarity, that the cod liver oil possessed essentially the same composition as the menhaden. […] Bell (1851) wrote that pigs which ate cod livers became very...1927, Charles E. Bills, “The Principal Chemical Researches on Cod Liver Oil”, in W[illiam] A[lbert] Noyes, editor, Chemical Reviews, volume III, Baltimore, Md., pages 430 and 432

Forms of codliver

pluralcodlivers

Phrases with codliver

Questions about codliver

What is codliver the alternative form of?
Codliver is the alternative form of cod liver.

Words near codliver in the dictionary

  1. codling moth
  2. codling moths
  3. codlings
  4. codlins
  5. codlins and cream
  6. codliver
  7. codliver oil
  8. codliver oils
  9. codlivers
  10. codlock
  11. CODM

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