Saithe

//seɪð// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

    "Daniel Lawson made the claim after it was revealed that cod quotas would be cut almost in half – by 44 per cent – with saithe quotas also to fall by a quarter."

Synonyms

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coalfishcoleypollock

Example

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"Daniel Lawson made the claim after it was revealed that cod quotas would be cut almost in half – by 44 per cent – with saithe quotas also to fall by a quarter."

Etymology

From Old Norse seiðr; compare Norwegian sei and Swedish and Danish sej.

Related phrases

pollachius virens

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