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cod

noun · verb · adjective

Simple meaning

Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish.

Pronunciation

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ˈkɑd

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Definition

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noun

  1. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

  2. A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.

  3. Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

  4. A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).

  5. A joke or an imitation.

  6. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).

verb

  1. intransitiveirelandslang

    To joke; to kid.

adjective

  1. usually attributivein compounds

    Having the character of imitation; jocular.

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