gadoid

ga·doid  (gdoid, gdoid) also ga·did (gdd)

adj.

Of or belonging to the fish family Gadidae, which includes the cods and the hakes.

n.

A fish of the family Gadidae.

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[New Latin Gadus, fish genus (from Greek gados, a kind of fish) + -oid.]

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gadoid [gay-doid]

Adjective

of or belonging to the cod family of marine fishes

Noun

any gadoid fish [New Latin gadus cod]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gadoid - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae gadoid fish malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii family Gadidae, Gadidae - large family of important mostly marine food fishes codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Melanogrammus aeglefinus, haddock - important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller Pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod hake - any of several marine food fishes related to cod Molva molva, ling - elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried Brosme brosme, torsk, cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod rattail, rattail fish, grenadier - deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail