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kipper

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kip·per  (kpr)
n.
1. A male salmon or seatrout during or shortly after the spawning season.
2. A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
tr.v. kip·pered, kip·per·ing, kip·pers
To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.

[Middle English kipre, from Old English cypera, spawning male salmon, probably from cyperen, of copper, from coper, copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season); see copper1.]

kipper
Noun
a herring that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
Verb
to cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it [Old English cypera]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kipperkipper - salted and smoked herring            
herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Translations
kipper [ˈkɪpəʳ] narenque m ahumado

kipper [ˈkɪpəʳ] nhareng fumé et salé

kipper [ˈkɪpəʳ] nRäucherhering m

kipper [ˈkɪpəʳ] naringa affumicata

kipper
n kipper [ˈkipə]
a herring split down the back and smoked, used as food. gerookte haring سَمَكَة الرَّمْجه المُقَدَّده пушена херинга uzenáč kippers der Bückling καπνιστή ρέγγα arenque ahumado suitsuheeringas ماهی دودی savusilli hareng fumé et salé דָג-מָלוּחַ מְעוּשָׁן नमक युक्त मछली सुखाई या पकाई हुई u dimu sušeni sleđ (sózott és) füstölt hering haring asap reykt síld aringa affumicata くん製にしん 훈제 청어 rūkyta silkė (uzšķērsta) žāvēta siļķe ikan salai gerookte/gedroogde haring kippers, røykt sild śledź wędzony arenque hering sărat şi afu­mat копчёная селёдка údenáč prekajen slanik usoljena haringa saltrökt sill ปลารมควัน (มักเป็นปลาเฮอริง) füme ringa balığı (燻的)鯡魚 копчений оселедець سکھائی ، بنائی گئی ہیرنگ مچھلی cá trích hun khói)鲱


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Athleny, in a pair of the oldest trousers anyone had ever worn, his jacket buttoned up to show he had no shirt on, and in a wide-brimmed soft hat, was frying kippers over a fire of sticks.
 
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