Definition of cod

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Cod (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities..

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Haaf :: Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles..
Teleosaurus :: Teleosaurus (n.) A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout..
Thecodont :: Thecodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
Dun :: Dun (v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Cod Liver :: Cod liver (n.) The liver of the common cod and allied species.
Crocodile :: Crocodile (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as th
Peascod :: Peascod (n.) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea..
Amphibious :: Amphibious (a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants..
Cypris :: Cypris (n.) A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus..
Spalting Knife :: Spalting knife () A knife used in splitting codfish.
Cacodoxy :: Cacodoxy (n.) Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle..
Codlin :: Codlin (n.) Alt. of Codlin.
Phocodont :: Phocodont (n.) One of the Phocodontia.
Codling :: Codling (n.) A young cod; also, a hake..
Codify :: Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws..
Protoplasm :: Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called physical basis of life; the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc..
Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.
Codger :: Codger (n.) A miser or mean person.
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