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adj
Of or related to any fish of the family Gadidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: gadoid, codlike
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gadiform, piscine, ichthyic, vertebrate, animalian
noun
Any fish of the family Gadidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: gadoid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gadiform, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
History
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Gadid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, translingual Gad(us) (“cod”) + -id.
