COD

Cod

Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of demersal fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and there are species suggested to belong to genus Gadus that are not called cod .

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cod

Noun

  1. A small bag or pouch.
  2. A husk or integument; a pod.
  3. The scrotum (also in plural).
  4. A pillow or cushion.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  2. A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus, such as the rock cod.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A joke or an imitation.
    I assume it all could just be a cod.
  2. A stupid or foolish person.
    He's making a right cod of himself.

Verb

  1. To attempt to deceive or confuse.

Adjective

  1. Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
    “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.


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