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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) of northern Atlantic waters, related to and resembling the cod.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A wellknown fish, Melanogrammus æglefinus, of the cod family, Gadidæ, formerly called Gadus or Morrhua æglefinus. It resembles the cod, but has a smaller mouth, a slenderer form, a black lateral line, a spot on each side just behind the pectoral fin, and more pointed or angular fins than the cod, especially the first dorsal. It breeds in immense numbers in the North Atlantic, and is a very important food-fish. The flesh resembles that of the cod, but is firmer and drier. The fishing-grounds are in general the same as those of the cod, but less extensive. The usual weight of the haddock is about 4 pounds, but specimens weighing 17 pounds have been known.
  2. n. A name wrongly applied to Pseudophycis barbatus and Merluccius australis allied to the family Gadidæ or codfishes. The European species of Merluccius is known as the hake.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
  2. n. lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried

Etymologies

  1. Middle English haddok. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I have no idea what a haddock is (I thought it was some kind of a field, evidently not!), but this IS a great post.”

    Neither I nor Tim Brownson are islands | Johnny B. Truant

  • “Soak a haddock for four hours in olive-oil to cover.”

    How to Cook Fish

  • “The haddock is the best choice for fish and chips as it is thick, flaky and tastes good.”

    The Herald-Mail Online

  • “Some species, such as haddock and Atlantic sea scallops have recovered from previous declines, after the U.S. government began enforcing parts of federal fisheries conservation legislation in the 1990s, says”

    The Wall Street Journal: Restaurants Mobilize to Save Fisheries

  • “Landings from the Icelandic area were no longer almost exclusively cod, but species such as haddock, halibut, plaice ( '' Pleuronectes platessa ''), and redfish ( '' Sebastes marinus '') also became common items of the catch.”

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland)

  • “Larval and 0-group cod and capelin, as well as species such as haddock, wolffish, tusk ( '' Brosme brosme ''), and ling ( '' Molva molva '') may also be carried by the western branch of the Irminger Current across to East Greenland and onward to West Greenland [18] (see Fig. 13.6).”

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland)

  • “Nevertheless, always willing to reinforce failure with, er … more failure, ICES are now calling for a complete ban on cod exploitation AND – in the height of moronic fatuity – are telling EU member state governments that other species, such as haddock and plaice, will have to be severely curtailed if cod is to be protected.”

    Pity the poor readers

  • “This comes from Gerd Hubold, the general-secretary of ICES, who has told the uncritical Times that the main problem is that although cod catches have been cut to 26,500 tonnes a year, more than twice that amount is being caught in bycatches by fishermen chasing other species such as haddock, whiting, hake and plaice.”

    Pity the poor readers

  • “In November, the Independent World Commission of the Oceans met in Cape Town to discuss the precipitous decline in common species of fish such as haddock, tuna, flounder and shrimp.”

    ANC Daily News Briefing

  • “Lean fish such as haddock and tilapia, and fatty fish such as mackerel and sardines, are all used to make smoked products.”

    Chapter 6

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. gadoid fish
  1. gadoid

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. halibut
  2. pollock
  3. shad
  4. pompano
  1. cod
  2. herring
  3. haddie
  4. bream
  1. catfish
  2. pickerel
  3. grouper
  4. pollack
  1. codfish
  2. swordfish
  3. sardine
  4. snapper
  1. yellowtail
  2. mullet
  3. plaice
  4. tuna
  1. trout
  2. porpoise

rhymes (4)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Braddock
  1. maddock
  1. paddock
  1. shaddock

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. finnan haddie
  2. smoked haddock
  3. finnan
  4. finnan haddock
  5. haddie
  6. norway haddock
  7. findon-haddock
  1. hathock
  2. buckthorn
  3. morrhua
  4. groundfish
  5. melanogrammus
  6. piper
  7. bergylt
  1. rizzer
  2. rosefish
  3. sculjo
  4. gadoid
  5. crail-capon
  6. crappit-head
  7. eagle-fin
  1. finnan-haddock
  2. flag-side
  3. haddocker
  4. haddock-tea
  5. line-fish
  6. scrod
  7. stockfish
  1. dickey
  2. adag
  3. schrod
  4. genus melanogrammus
  5. bottom fish
  6. peter's fish
  7. spelding
  1. mop
  2. scale-fish
  3. id
  4. isocreatinine

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  • reesetee Right! My eyes don't travel that way. Dec 29, 2008

  • sionnach
    You mean, like this guy?

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  • chained_bear Yeah... How would you get your one eye to go over on the other side of your head? Dec 24, 2008

  • reesetee Now a flounder--that would be a funny look. Dec 24, 2008

  • sionnach "Someone help yarb. He appears to be floundering", intoned Tom, in his charming bass voice. Dec 24, 2008

  • chained_bear It sounds better than the expression of "last year's bird nest." Dec 24, 2008

  • reesetee Yarb--you feeling okay? You have a funny look on your face. Dec 24, 2008

  • yarb *trying to mimic that expression* Dec 24, 2008

  • BrainyBabe He came to a standstill in front of her, and perused her with the expression of an intensely interested haddock. - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931. Dec 23, 2008

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