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gadoid, n. and a.|ˈgeɪdɔɪd| [f. mod.L. gad-us (ad. Gr. γάδος) cod + -oid.] A. n. A fish of the family Gadidæ, of which the cod is the type. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or resembling the Gadidæ, or cod-fishes.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. Lit. & Art, Gadoids, a family of soft-finned fishes..of which the cod-fish..may be regarded as the type..The general character of the gadoid family is [etc.]. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin Tandon ii. iii. i. 102 The following are the other Gadoids [besides the Cod] which principally furnish the Cod-liver oil. 1865Reader No. 110. 143/2 Fishes which resemble at first Gadoïds or Blennioïds. 1880Nature XXI. 202 This rare and remarkable gadoid fish of the Mediterranean. |