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She was still suspected of it; indeed, I think that in the minds of the black satin codfishes circumstantial evidence had tinkered suspicion into certainty.

From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

A single codfish, in a single season, will lay six million eggs, nearly all of which perish, of course, or else in a few years the ocean could not hold all the codfishes.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John

Seeing that I had gone mad, the wily codfishes took advantage of my state, and flourished things before my eyes, at which Emily instantly forbade me to look.

From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

The codfish backed me up at every step, and other codfishes swam the green sea, with hats doubtless brought from unseen coral caves.

From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

In Nova Scotia, where many codfishes are caught, the swim-bladders are called sounds, and are cooked as a delicacy.

From The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young by Morley, Margaret Warner