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haddock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun haddock has 2 senses
- haddock(n = noun.food) Array - lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried; Array is a part of haddock, melanogrammus aeglefinus
- haddock(n = noun.animal) melanogrammus aeglefinus - important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller; Array is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
is a kind of fish
has particulars: finnan, finnan haddie, finnan haddock, smoked haddock
is a member of genus melanogrammus, melanogrammus
has parts: haddock
CIDE DICTIONARY
haddock, n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.].
A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus ), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie , and dickie . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haddock, n. (pl. same) a marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the N. Atlantic, allied to cod, but smaller.
Etymology
ME, prob. f. AF hadoc, OF (h)adot, of unkn. orig.
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