ATLANTIC COD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic cod mean? 

• ATLANTIC COD (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIC COD has 1 sense:

1. one of the world's most important commercial fishes

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIC COD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATLANTIC COD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the world's most important commercial fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua

Hypernyms ("Atlantic cod" is a kind of...):

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)

Meronyms (parts of "Atlantic cod"):

cod; codfish (lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached)