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Schellfisch.

haddock (marine fish)

11 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/
  1. haddock (marine fish)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German schellevisch, from schelle (“peel, outer layer”) + visch (“fish”), due either to the relatively large scales or to the layered meat of the fish. The former component is related to German Schale (“peel”), the latter is cognate to Fisch. Compare Dutch schelvis.

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