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The definition of a cod is a fish in the family Gadidae with low fat and a mild flavor.

(noun)

An example of a cod is the fish used to make cod liver oil.

See cod in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. cod or cods

any of various gadoid fishes of northern seas, important as a source of cod-liver oil and food, esp. any of a genus (Gadus) with firm flesh and soft fins, found off the coast of Newfoundland and Norway

Origin: ME < ? cod, in reference to shape

noun

Archaic a bag
Dialectal a pod; husk
Obsolete the scrotum

Origin: ME < OE codd, akin to ON koddi, cushion < IE *geut- < base *geu-, to bend, arch > cot, L guttur, throat

noun

a hoax; trick
a parody or satire

adjective

mock; sham
parodic or satirical

transitive verb

to fool, hoax, trick, etc.
to tease

hook-shaped peninsula in E Mass. from Buzzards Bay to Provincetown: 64 mi (103 km) long

Origin: < fish name

noun

the amount of oxidizing agent needed to oxidize the organic and oxidizable inorganic matter in waste water
this matter in the waste water

Origin: c(hemical) o(xyen) d(emand)

☆ or cod

cash, or collect, on delivery

See cod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cod cod or cods

Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, an important food fish of northern Atlantic waters. Also called codfish.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

noun

A husk or pod.
Archaic The scrotum.
Obsolete A bag.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English codd

A hook-shaped peninsula of southeast Massachusetts extending east and north into the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing, whaling, and shipping were important here until the late 1800s; the economy today is based largely on tourism.

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