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HALIBUT-LIVER OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does halibut-liver oil mean? 

HALIBUT-LIVER OIL (noun)
  The noun HALIBUT-LIVER OIL has 1 sense:

1. a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin Aplay

  Familiarity information: HALIBUT-LIVER OIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HALIBUT-LIVER OIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("halibut-liver oil" is a kind of...):

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)


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