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CODFISH
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Irregular inflected form: codfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
Synonyms:
cod; codfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("codfish" is a kind of...):
gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "codfish"):
codling (young codfish)
Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua (one of the world's most important commercial fishes)
Alaska cod; Gadus macrocephalus; Pacific cod (closely related to Atlantic cod)
burbot; cusk; eelpout; ling; Lota lota (elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth)
schrod; scrod (young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking)
Holonyms ("codfish" is a member of...):
Gadus; genus Gadus (type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
Synonyms:
cod; codfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("codfish" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "codfish"):
salt cod (codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes)
Holonyms ("codfish" is a part of...):
Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua (one of the world's most important commercial fishes)
