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What's The Definition Of Kipper?
[n] salted and smoked herring
Synonyms | Synonyms for Kipper: kippered herring Related Terms | Find terms related to Kipper: alevin | anguille | anhydrate | benthon | benthos | blast-freeze | brine | caviar | cetacean | corn | cure | dehydrate | desiccate | dolphin | dry | dry-cure | dry-salt | eel | embalm | evaporate | fingerling | fish | fish eggs | freeze | freeze-dry | fry | fume | game fish | grilse | irradiate | jerk | kippered salmon | Loch Ness monster | man-eater | man-eating shark | marinade | marinate | marine animal | minnow | minny | mummify | nekton | panfish | pickle | plankton | poisson | porpoise | preservatize | quick-freeze | red herring | refrigerate | roe | salmon | salt | sea monster | sea pig | sea serpent | sea snake | seafood | season | shark | smoke | smoke-cure | smoked herring | smolt | sponge | stuff | tropical fish | whale See Also | herring Kipper In Webster's Dictionary \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf.
{Kipe}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so
called because salmon after spawning were usually so
cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
{Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
\Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered salmon.'' --Dickens. \Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] |
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