| kipper | 1. <zoology> A salmon after spawning. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. Origin: D. Kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kippernut | <botany> A name given to earthnuts of several kinds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |