Haddock

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  • noun. A food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) of northern Atlantic waters, closely related to and resembling the cod, but having a dark spot above each pectoral fin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A wellknown fish, Melanogrammus æglefinus, of the cod family, Gadidæ, formerly called Gadus or Morrhua æglefinus.
  • noun. A name wrongly applied to Pseudophycis barbatus and Merluccius australis allied to the family Gadidæ or codfishes. The European species of Merluccius is known as the hake.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.
  • noun. a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
  • noun. lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
    • Word Usage
    "I have no idea what a haddock is (I thought it was some kind of a field, evidently not!), but this IS a great post."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gadoid  gadoid fish  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Braddock  maddock  paddock  shaddock  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bream  catfish  cod  codfish  grouper  
    variant
    dickie  haddie  
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