a large grey soft-finned fish with barbels (tactile organs; see barbel2) that is a major food fish
a large grey soft-finned fish with barbels (tactile organs; see barbel2) that is found in the colder parts of the N Atlantic and is a major food fish: Gadus morhua
any of several species of fish of the cod family, esp a Pacific fish closely related to the Atlantic cod: family Gadidae
any of various spiny-finned fishes resembling the true cods
the flesh of the cod used as food
[Middle English; earlier history unknown]