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CODFISH (codfishes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does codfish mean? 

CODFISH (noun)
  The noun CODFISH has 2 senses:

1. lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poachedplay

2. major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate watersplay

  Familiarity information: CODFISH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CODFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cod; codfish

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cod; codfish

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)


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