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skilfish skil [< Haida squil + fish] Pacific Coast 
n. a large dark gray or black food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of the Pacific Coast.
See also: sablefish
- 1897 One of the most delicious of deep water fish is the skil, or black cod, as it is sometimes called.
- 1907 Skil [is a] local name of the black candle-fish (Anoplopoma fimbria), an excellent food fish of the waters of the N. Pacific Coast. . . .
- 1964 The sablefish . . . is smoked and sold under the name of "black cod". . . . The sablefish belongs to the skilfish family . . . the giant skilfish . . . may attain a weight of 200 pounds.
- 1897 One of the most delicious of deep water fish is the skil, or black cod, as it is sometimes called.