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gadoid

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

ga=doid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gadoid has 1 sense

gadoid(n = noun.animal) gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae; Array

is a kind of malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

is a member of family gadidae, gadidae

has particulars: cod, codfish, gadus merlangus, merlangus merlangus, whiting, haddock, melanogrammus aeglefinus, pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock, hake, ling, molva molva, brosme brosme, cusk, torsk, grenadier, rattail, rattail fish

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CIDE DICTIONARY

gadoid, a. [NL. gadus cod + -oid: cf. F. gadoïde gadoid, Gr. a sort of fish, F. gade.].

Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidæ) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

gadoid, n. & adj.
--n. any marine fish of the cod family Gadidae, including haddock and whiting.
--adj. belonging to or resembling the Gadidae.

Etymology

mod.L gadus f. Gk gados cod + -OID

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