fish oil

noun

Definition of FISH OIL

: a fatty oil from the bodies of various fishes (as menhaden or sardines) that contains large amounts of unsaturated fatty acids and is used in making various products (as cosmetics and paints)

First Known Use of FISH OIL

1785

Rhymes with FISH OIL

coal oil, corn oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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