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cod

cod \'ka:d\ n or cod also cods [ME] pl  1a: a soft-finned fish (Gadus 
   morrhua) of the colder parts of the No.  Atlantic that is a major food fish 
   1b: a fish of the cod family (Gadidae); esp : a Pacific fish (Ga dus 
   macrocephalus) closely related to the Atlantic cod 2: any of various 
   spiny-finned fishes resembling the true cods