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rock cod
rock cod
noun
- any of various marine fishes found in rocky habitats in Australian waters
- another name for blue cod
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rock cod1
First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences
Fannin and Charlie had caught some rock-cod, curious red and black fish with staring eyes, said to live at great depths.
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He pulled it in rapidly, hand under hand, and landed a big gasping rock cod in the bottom of the canoe.
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There is where we made the acquaintance of sea-bass and rock-cod, and we have cultivated their acquaintance ever since.
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Some were of the perch family, and others resembled rock cod, with three remarkable black spots on each side of their bodies.
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On the following morning, I again went to the "dock," lowered my line, and caught six rock-cod.
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