gadoid

American

[gey-doid] / ˈgeɪ dɔɪd /

adjective

gadid.

gadoid British

/ ˈɡeɪdɔɪd /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacanthini, an order of marine soft-finned fishes typically having the pectoral and pelvic fins close together and small cycloid scales. The group includes gadid fishes and hake

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noun

any gadoid fish

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Etymology

Origin of gadoid

1835–45; < New Latin Gad ( us ) ( gadid ) + -oid

Example Sentences

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Merling, mer′ling, n. a small gadoid fish, the whiting.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Hake, hāk, n. a gadoid fish resembling the cod—varieties are the Silver Hake, the Merluccio, the Squirrel-hake, &c.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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