Atlantic cod

A sea fish, the Gadus morhua.

Noun

  1. A sea fish, the Gadus morhua.
    • Basques were not the first to cure cod. Centuries earlier, the Vikings had traveled from Norway to Iceland to Greenland to Canada, and it is not a coincidence that this is the exact range of the Atlantic cod. - 1997,...

    Synonyms: cod[Appendix:Glossary

Origin

Originally known as cod. The Atlantic was added later to distinguish this species from the related but distinct Pacific cod.

Forms

Atlantic cod Atlantic cods