codfish

/ˌkɑdˈfɪʃ/

/ˈkɒdfɪʃ/

Other forms: codfishes

Definitions of codfish

1. noun

   major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
   synonyms: cod

   types:

   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

   Lota lota, burbot, cusk, eelpout, ling

   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

   type of:

   gadoid, gadoid fish

   a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
2. noun

   lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
   synonyms: cod

   types:

   salt cod

   codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes

   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food