codfish

cod·fish  (kdfsh)

n. pl. codfish or cod·fish·es

See cod¹.

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codfish [ˈkɒdˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a cod, esp Gadus morhua

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	codfish - lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached cod Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua - one of the world's most important commercial fishes saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food salt cod - codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes
	2.	codfish - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters cod gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae Gadus, genus Gadus - type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes codling - young codfish Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua - one of the world's most important commercial fishes Alaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus, Pacific cod - closely related to Atlantic cod burbot, Lota lota, eelpout, cusk, ling - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth schrod, scrod - young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking

Translations

codfish [ˈkɒdfɪʃ] N (codfish or codfishes (pl)) → bacalao m