English Explanatory Dictionary

gadid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any fish of the family Gadidae.
adj
  1. Of or related to any fish of the family Gadidae.

Word forms

gadid gadids

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Gadid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, translingual Gad(us) (“cod”) + -id.

Synonyms

gadoid codlike
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