codfish

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
codfish/ˈkɒdfɪʃ/

▶noun (pl. same or codfishes) another term for cod1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cod1 (also codfish)

▶noun (pl. same) a large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin, important as a food fish. [Gadus morhua (N. Atlantic) and other species, family Gadidae.]

– origin ME: perh. the same word as OE cod(d) ‘bag’, because of the fish's appearance.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cod2 Brit. informal

▶adjective not authentic; fake: a cod French accent. ▶noun a joke or hoax. ▶verb (cods, codding, codded) play a joke on.

– origin C19: perh. from sl. cod ‘a fool’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cod3

▶noun Brit. informal, dated nonsense.

– origin 1960s: abbrev. of codswallop.

'codfish' also found in these Oxford entries:

bacalao - cod

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