Haddock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) of northern Atlantic waters, related to and resembling the cod.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A wellknown fish, Melanogrammus æglefinus, of the cod family, Gadidæ, formerly called Gadus or Morrhua æglefinus.
  • n. A name wrongly applied to Pseudophycis barbatus and Merluccius australis allied to the family Gadidæ or codfishes. The European species of Merluccius is known as the hake.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
  • n. lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gadoid fish    gadoid   
    Variant
    haddie    dickie   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Braddock    maddock    paddock    shaddock   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    halibut    pollock    shad    pompano    cod    herring    haddie    bream    catfish    pickerel