schelvis.
A haddock, a marine fish of species Melanogrammus aeglefinus.
Meaning & usage
A haddock, a marine fish of species Melanogrammus aeglefinus.
A rosefish, redfish, bergylt, or Norway haddock, of species Sebastes norvegicus of fishes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schelvisch, from Old Dutch *skelfisc. Analyzable as schel (“peel”) + vis (“fish”), the former being a dated variant of schil. The name is due either to the relatively large scales or to the layered meat of the fish. Compare German Schellfisch.
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