codfish
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1. major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | gadoid, gadoid fish, |
| definition | : | a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | codling, |
| definition | : | young codfish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | burbot, cusk, eelpout, ling, lota lota, |
| definition | : | elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | schrod, scrod, |
| definition | : | young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | gadus, genus gadus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes (noun.animal) |
2. lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | saltwater fish, |
| definition | : | flesh of fish from the sea used as food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | salt cod, |
| definition | : | codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes (noun.food) |
3. major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | codling, |
| definition | : | young codfish (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | codling, |
| definition | : | young codfish (noun.animal) |
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