Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Greasy haddock
Greasy haddock
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), especially smoked haddock, that have been infected with the organism Ichthyophonus hoferi, are known as a greasers or greasy haddock. The flesh of infected fish has a soft and greasy feel, and a sweet sickly smell. The fillets have a blotchy appearance which show as white spots in the smoked products.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Fishing
- Category: Fish processing
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Entertainment Category: Movies
Cannes Film Festival
Founded in 1946, The Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals that previews and showcases new films of ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Biochemistry(4818)
- Molecular biology(4701)
- Microbiology(1476)
- Ecology(1425)
- Toxicology(1415)
- Cell biology(1236)
Biology(22133) Terms
- American culture(1308)
- Popular culture(211)
- General culture(150)
- People(80)
Culture(1749) Terms
- Railroad(457)
- Train parts(12)
- Trains(2)
Railways(471) Terms
- Cosmetics(80)
Cosmetics & skin care(80) Terms
- Inorganic pigments(45)
- Inorganic salts(2)
- Phosphates(1)
- Oxides(1)
- Inorganic acids(1)