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Cod liver   Listen
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Cod liver  n.  The liver of the common cod and allied species.
Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained from the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.






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"Cod liver" Quotes from Famous Books



... of beauty is nothing more than a lack of proper nourishment. The best cure in the world for a haggard, wan, white face is a proper understanding of good foods. Sometimes a tonic of iron is needed to brace the wearied physical state. Cod liver oil, which is so very disagreeable to most people, is the sure cure for the girl whose extreme slenderness causes her to lie awake nights to fret and worry. But when the oil is prepared with malt it ...
— The Woman Beautiful - or, The Art of Beauty Culture • Helen Follett Stevans

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— Civics and Health • William H. Allen



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