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adj
Of or pertaining to cod, to the Gadidae family of related fish, or to fish asserted to closely resemble them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: codlike, gadiform, gadid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any fish of the family Gadidae or one asserted to closely resemble such a fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: gadid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gadiform, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gadoid fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
Narrower terms: cod, codfish, whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus, haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, pollack, pollock, Pollachius pollachius, hake, ling, Molva molva, cusk, torsk, Brosme brosme, grenadier, rattail, rattail fish
History
By surface analysis, translingual Gad(us) + -oid.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
