cod
IPA: kˈɑd
noun
- (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
- (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
- The cocoon of a silkworm.
- (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).
- (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.
- The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.
- The sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, as inclusive of the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- The sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- The meat of any of the above fish
- A joke or an imitation.
- A stupid or foolish person.
- (uncountable) cash on delivery or collect on delivery
- (countable) cause of death
- Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.
- (video games) Acronym of Call of Duty.
verb
- (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
- (slang, intransitive, dialectal) To joke; to kid
adjective
- (usually attributive, in compounds) Having the character of imitation; jocular.
- (Polari) Bad.
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Examples of "cod" in Sentences
- Rock cod, reef cod, and coral cod.
- The polar cod feeds on plankton and krill.
- Chop the onion and tomatoes and combine with the cod.
- Half firdk cod hm in a toK Quarter cod* fiur in a bt.
- It is a kind of fish -- what you call a cod -- understand?
- The Hawthornes live in a cozy Cape Cod styled house in Concord.
- And with number sixty-one, a great cod is caught by three boys.
- His Left wing bombast and cod regional idioms reach new heights.
- The main activity of the community was fishing for cod and lobster.
- The COD model assumes that the aligned sequences encode homologous proteins.
- For years the dominant industries were that of the cod and lobster fisheries.
- Henry was a later descendent of Dolor Davis of early Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Occasionally he would also fish mackerel and cod in Norway during the summer.
- Newfoundland fishermen originally perfected the breed to help bring in cod lines.
- On a Sunday night, I eat battered cod from the newspaper, and remember some glorious old fights.
- It adds that the hunt, "provides supplemental income for isolated fishing communities that have been hurt by the decline in cod stocks."
- The black cod is from a farm in British Columbia, on the northwest side of Vancouver Island … a more sustainable alternative to wild black cod.
- But think about all the great seafood options being offered right now from carts and trucks in Midtown alone … the fried cod from the Schnitzel Truck, Tianbula from the NYC Cravings Truck, and the always delicious salmon and tilapia served by Kwik Meal (shown above.)
- Nevertheless, always willing to reinforce failure with, er … more failure, ICES are now calling for a complete ban on cod exploitation AND – in the height of moronic fatuity – are telling EU member state governments that other species, such as haddock and plaice, will have to be severely curtailed if cod is to be protected.