Definition of Fish oil

1. Noun. A fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish.

Exact synonyms: Fish-liver Oil
Generic synonyms: Animal Oil
Specialized synonyms: Tuna Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Oil

fish hook
fish hooks
fish house punch
fish joint
fish kettle
fish kettles
fish knife
fish knives
fish ladder
fish ladders
fish loaf
fish louse
fish lure
fish meal
fish mousse
fish oil (current term)
fish oils
fish or cut bait
fish out
fish out of water
fish owl
fish paste
fish poison
fish pond
fish ponds
fish products
fish sauce
fish sauces

Literary usage of Fish oil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"Thus, the cod-liver oil is more efficacious in scrofulous phthisis than the skate or dog-fish oil. The skate oil effects more rapidly the cure of serous ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"The oil is also employed for adulterating Newfoundland cod liver oil and paint oils.1 SARDINE OIL, JAl'AX fish oil French—Huile de ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"74), levying license taxes on manufacturers of fish oil, and fertilizer from herring, impose higher taxes than are imposed on manufacturers of fish oil or ..."

4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1915)
"But hearing it testified in court that European price currents made a distinction between fish oil and whale oil, appropriating the term fish oil to cod ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"This being the case, it is easily understood that the fish-oil stewed so crudely out of the putrid or semi-putrid livers must be nauseous indeed. ..."

6. Food Analysis: Typical Methods and the Interpretation of Results by Alpheus Grant Woodman (1915)
"In the first place, fish oil, especially menhaden oil, ... In addition to the raising of the constants, fish oil would in many cases be identified ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"This being the case, it is easily understood that the fish-oil stewed so crudely out of the putrid or semi-putrid livers must be nauseous indeed. ..."

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