cod
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fishAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.: A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
» Children hate cod liver oil.
Kinder hassen Lebertran.
Дети ненавидят рыбий жир.
Meaning
12 sensesAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
(informal, usually)Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
(informal, usually)Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
The cocoon of a silkworm.
A joke or an imitation.
I assume it all could just be a cod.
A stupid or foolish person.
He's making a right cod of himself.
(obsolete)A small bag or pouch.
(UK, obsolete)A husk or integument; a pod.
(also, archaic, in the plural)The scrotum.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete)A pillow or cushion.
- major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Examples
27 sentencesChildren hate cod liver oil.
ruДети ненавидят рыбий жир.
deKinder hassen Lebertran.
Carp, sharks, salmon, cod and tuna are fish.
Cod fritters are delicious, but absorb lots of fat.
Смажена тріска смачна, але абсорбує багато жиру.
This tastes like cod liver oil.
ruНа вкус как масло печени трески.
This cod brand is too garlicky.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin: From Middle English cod, codde, fromFrom Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin:
From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).
Origin unknown. Attested in reference to a person (though not always a stupid or foolish person) from the end of the 17th century. The Oxford English Dictionary (1891) notes that a suggested link to codger is unlikely, as cod appears much earlier.
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Forms
plural: cod / codsSynonyms
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