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scrod also schrod  (skrd)

n. pl. scrod also schrod New England

A young cod or haddock, especially one split and boned for cooking as the catch of the day.

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[Possibly from obsolete Dutch schrood, slice, shred, from Middle Dutch scrde.]

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scrod [skrɒd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US a young cod or haddock, esp one split and prepared for cooking

[perhaps from obsolete Dutch schrood, from Middle Dutch schrode shred (n); the name perhaps refers to the method of preparing the fish for cooking]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scrod - flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled schrod fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
	2.	scrod - young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking schrod codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters