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abbr.1. cash on delivery2. cause of death3. collect on delivery

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C0450100 (kŏd) or cod·fish (kŏd′fĭsh′)n. pl. cod or cods or codfish or cod·fish·es 1. See Atlantic cod.2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, which includes the Atlantic cod and the haddock.

[Middle English.]

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C0450100 (kŏd)n.1. Archaic A husk or pod.2. Archaic The scrotum.3. Obsolete A bag.

[Middle English, from Old English codd.]

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(kɒd) n, pl cod or cods1. (Animals) any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, esp G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family Gadidae. They are also a source of cod-liver oil2. (Animals) any other fish of the family Gadidae. See gadid3. (Animals) Austral any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod[C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German cutte]

cod

(kɒd) n1. dialect Brit and US a pod or husk2. (Anatomy) an obsolete word for scrotum3. obsolete a bag or envelope[Old English codd husk, bag; related to Old Norse koddi, Danish kodde]

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(kɒd) vb (tr) , cods, codding or codded1. slang Brit and Irish to make fun of; tease2. slang Brit and Irish to play a trick on; fooln3. slang Brit and Irish a hoax or trick4. slang Irish a fraud; hoaxer: he's an old cod. adj (prenominal) slang Brit mock; sham: cod Latin. [C19: perhaps from earlier cod a fool, perhaps shortened from codger]

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(kɒd) ndialect Northern English a fellow; chap: he's a nice old cod. [of unknown origin]

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n (Placename) Cape Cod See Cape Cod

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abbreviation for 1. (Commerce) cash on delivery 2. (Commerce) (in the US) collect on delivery

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n., pl. (esp. collectively) -cod, (esp. for kinds or species) -cods. 1. any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, esp. Gadus morhua, of cool, N Atlantic waters. 2. a closely related fish, Gadus macrocephalus, of the N Pacific. [1325–75]

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n. Cape, Cape Cod.

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cash, or collect, on delivery (purchaser to pay for goods when delivered). [1855–60, Amer.]

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Past participle: codded
Gerund: codding

Imperative
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Present
I cod
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we cod
you cod
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Preterite
I codded
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we codded
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Present Continuous
I am codding
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Present Perfect
I have codded
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Past Continuous
I was codding
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Past Perfect
I had codded
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Future
I will cod
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Future Perfect
I will have codded
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Future Continuous
I will be codding
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been codding
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been codding
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been codding
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Conditional
I would cod
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we would cod
you would cod
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Past Conditional
I would have codded
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cod - the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)pod, seedcasehusk - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seedspea pod, peasecod - husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
	2.	cod - lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poachedcodfishAtlantic cod, Gadus morhua - one of the world's most important commercial fishessaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as foodsalt cod - codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes
	3.	cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waterscodfishgadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family GadidaeGadus, genus Gadus - type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishescodling - young codfishAtlantic cod, Gadus morhua - one of the world's most important commercial fishesAlaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus, Pacific cod - closely related to Atlantic codburbot, Lota lota, eelpout, cusk, ling - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthschrod, scrod - young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking
Verb	1.	cod - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, gull, befool, fool, put onkid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
	2.	cod - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"bait, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, tease, rag, rally, ridebemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
Adj.	1.	cod - payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"collectdue - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"
Adv.	1.	COD - collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D."C.O.D., cash on delivery

cod

nounRelated words
young codling

Translations

鳕鳕鱼

cod

(kod) – plural cod – a type of edible fish found in northern seas. 鳕cod-liver oil an oil obtained from cod's liver, rich in vitamins A and D. 鱼肝油

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member of the large family Gadidae, comprising commercially important food fishes. The family, whose members are found in the N Atlantic and Pacific, includes the tomcods, the haddock, and the pollacks (or pollocks). The cod was extremely important to the economic and social growth of New England; it has been used as a Massachusetts state emblem. Today the cod stocks have been greatly depleted off the coast of New England and Newfoundland owing to overfishing and in some cases increasing ocean temperatures, and restrictions on the catch have been imposed. The European Union has also restricted cod fishing in the North Sea, but it is unclear if the restrictions will be sufficient to preserve cod populations. All cods are bottom-feeders with soft fins; the large ventral fins are located under or in front of the pectorals rather than behind them as in other fishes.

The Atlantic cod has two distinct color phases, grray-green and reddish brown. Its average weight is 10 to 25 lb (4.5–11.3 kg), but specimens weighing up to 200 lb (90 kg) have been recorded. Young Atlantic cod or haddock prepared in strips for cooking is called scrod. Cods feed on mollusks, crabs, starfish, worms, squid, and small fish. Some migrate south in winter to spawn. A large female lays up to five million eggs in midocean, a very small number of which survive. The Pacific cod is found N of Oregon.

The tomcod resembles a young Atlantic cod with long, tapering ventral fins. It rarely exceeds 15 in. (37.5 cm) in length and lives close to shore. There is also a Pacific tomcod. The pollack, also called coalfish or green cod, is a plump olive-green cod found in cool waters of the Atlantic. Pollacks have forked tails and pale lateral lines and grow to 3 ft (90 cm) and 30 lb (13.6 kg).

The haddock is the most important food fish of Atlantic waters; most of the large annual catch is marketed frozen. It is also found in colder European waters. Haddocks are also bottom-feeders but are found in deeper water (up to 100 fathoms). They are smaller than cods, reaching 30 lb (13.6 kg) and a length of 3 ft (90 cm), and have black lateral lines and dark side patches. Finnan haddie is lightly smoked haddock.

Lings and hakes, related to the cod but in several families in the same order, are fishes of commercial importance found in warmer waters. More slender than the cod, they are strong swimmers, preying on crustaceans and small fish. The freshwater, codlike burbot, found deep in northern streams and lakes of North America and Eurasia, is in the same family as the ling. The burbot has a single barbel on its chin.

Cods are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Gadiformes, family Gadidae. Lings and burbots are in the family Lotidae; hakes in the families Merluciidae and Phycidae.

Bibliography

See M. Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997).

Cod

(Gadus morhua), a fish of the family Gadidae. The cod has three dorsal fins and two anal fins. The coloring varies from greenish olive to brown, with tiny yellow-brown spots; the belly is white. The body measures up to 1.8 m in length and weighs up to 40 kg. Cod fished commercially usually measure 40–80 cm in length and weigh up to 10 kg; they are fished from the age of 3 to 10. They are distributed in temperate waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The cod has numerous subspecies, including the Atlantic cod, which has a number of varieties, and the White Sea and Baltic cod.

The Atlantic cod spawns 500,000 to 60 million pelagic eggs measuring 1.2–1.8 mm in diameter. The Baltic cod attains sexual maturity in two to three years, and the Atlantic cod in five to nine years. Spawning usually occurs near the shore. The larvae are pelagic; the young stay near the shore, where they feed on zoo-plankton, and later on bottom-dwelling invertebrates. The adult cod is a predator that feeds on herring, capelin, sand launces, and other fishes, as well as crustaceans. Feeding and spawning migrations for distances up to 2,000 km have been recorded for the Atlantic cod.

Cod is one of the most important food fishes. The cod’s liver is rich in an oil (up to 57 percent) from which vitamins A and D are obtained.

REFERENCES

Svetovidov, A. N. Treskoobraznye. Moscow-Leningrad, 1948. (Fauna SSSR: Ryby, vol. 9, fasc. 4.)
Maslov, N. A. “Semeistvo treskovykh.” In Promyslovye ryby Barentsova i Belogo morei. Leningrad, 1962.

A. V. NEELOV

cod

[käd] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for fishes of the subfamily Gadidae, especially the Atlantic cod (Gadus morrhua).

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1. any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, esp G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family Gadidae. They are also a source of cod-liver oil 2. any other fish of the family Gadidae (see gadid) 3. Austral any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod

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noun the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

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noun lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish

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noun major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

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verb fool or hoax

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verb harass with persistent criticism or carping

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adj payable by the recipient on delivery

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adv collecting the charges upon delivery

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