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Fish and chip preparation cooked with lard (8)

Ross

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pilchard

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'fish' is the definition.
(pilchard is a kind of fish)

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(Other definitions for pilchard that I've seen before include "Edible herring relative" , "Small sea fish related to the herring" , "Fish of herring family" , "Small marine food fish" , "type of fish" .)

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