cod
noun
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of North Atlantic waters.
cods
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pluralof cod.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"They'll order two cods and one chips to share, I think that's their way of trying to save their money."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
In May 2014 a study highlighted an example of innovative tool use by Atlantic cods being held in captivity for aquaculture research.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2017
Apparently some of the cods discovered they could activate the feeder by hooking the loop onto their tag and swimming a short distance away.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2017
These clever cods honed their technique through hundreds of “tests”—and it became a finely tuned series of goal-directed, coordinated movements.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2017
The pensioners were always called cods by the boys, probably short for codgers.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
