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fish oil [′fish ‚ȯil]

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Oil obtained from fish such as menhaden, pilchard, herring, and sardine; used as a drying oil in paint and as a raw material for detergents, resins, margarine, and so on.

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Some even painted their bodies with red clay, and anointed themselves with fish oil, to give additional lustre to their charms.

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