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

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

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

I've just finished at King William's and bought a boat," said Philip, "and I came up to ask you to join me—congers and cods, you know—good fun anyway.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir