codfish

A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod).

Noun

  1. A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod).
    • Codfish include ten families with more than 200 species. Almost all live in cold salt water in the Northern Hemisphere. Cod were thought to have developed into their current forms about 120 million years ago in the...
  2. The flesh of a cod as food.

Origin

From cod + fish.

Forms

codfish codfishes

Derived

codfish aristocracy