Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fish of the suborder Gadoidei, which includes the cods and the hakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Gadidæ or Gadoidea.
- noun A fish of the family Gadidæ; a gadid. Also
gadean .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (
Gadidæ ) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
cod or theGadidae family. - noun Any
fish of the familyGadidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Life history and ecology of the gadoid resources of the Barents Sea.
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Atlantic cod is the most abundant gadoid species in the northern North
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In 1992, Dr. Steven Murawski, now National Marine Fisheries Service's chief scientist, wrote, "Given the current high abundance of skates and dogfish, it may not be possible to increase gadoid (cod and haddock) and flounder abundance without 'extracting' some of the current standing stock."
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In 1992, Dr. Steven Murawski, now National Marine Fisheries Service's chief scientist, wrote, "Given the current high abundance of skates and dogfish, it may not be possible to increase gadoid (cod and haddock) and flounder abundance without 'extracting' some of the current standing stock."
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