cod liver oil
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- noun
- /kɒd ˈlɪvər ɔɪl/
:
aceite de hígado de bacalao
- It's hard to get enough through diet unless you take cod liver oil every day.
There is EPA icosapentanoic acid, which you can only get in marine life, fish oil, cod liver oil, right.
- There is EPA icosapentanoic acid, which you can only get in marine life, fish oil, cod liver oil, right.
- There's you don't need to to drink cod liver oil.
- OK, whether it's cod liver oil or it's caviar oil or whatever it is, but get those good Omega threes in your diet.
Examples
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Doctors often recommend cod liver oil as a dietary supplement for its high vitamin D content.
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I remember when growing up, we were given cod liver oil every day.
Blog text (9) -
What about cod liver oil?
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Want some cod liver oil?
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You need to take more vitamin D and cod liver oil.
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The vitamin D found in cod liver oil prevented a lot of diseases.
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I always buy a year's worth of cod liver oil when I'm there because I save so much with the conference specials.
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In a study of over 22,000 people, scientists found that a spoonful of cod liver oil could reduce depression by as much as 30%.
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She prescribes three spoonfuls of cod liver oil a day, beginning immediately.
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John says I mustn't lose my strength, and has me take cod liver oil and lots of tonic and things, to say nothing of ale, wine, and rare meat.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.7
A liquid from oily fish that people take as a health supplement
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Oil from the livers of cod and similar fish that people take to get vitamins A and D
A fatty oil from fish livers used to give vitamins A and D
A fatty oil from halibut livers that supplies vitamin A
An oil made from shark livers that people use as a health supplement and to soften leather
A yellow or brown fat from shark livers used to treat leather and give vitamin A
An oil from salmon refined and sold in capsules or as a liquid for health
Oil made from tuna used in food and health supplements
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'cod' (a fish) + 'liver' (organ) + 'oil' (a liquid), so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer it is oil extracted from cod livers used as a supplement. This noun–noun composition is compositional and mirrors patterns found in many languages, making the sense predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Cod liver oil names the oil taken from the liver of the cod fish. People take it as a 'supplement' because it has 'vitamin A' and 'vitamin D', so today the phrase means that health oil.