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gadoid definition

ga·doid (gā′do̵id′)

adjective

of or like the family (Gadidae, order Gadiformes) of bony fishes including cod, hake, and burbot

Etymology: < ModL gadus, cod < Gr gados, kind of fish + -oid

noun

any fish of this family

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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