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cod

1  [kod]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -cod, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -cods.
1. any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, esp. Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
2. a closely related fish, Gadus macrocephalus, of the North Pacific.
3. any of several unrelated fishes, as rockfishes of the genus Sebastes.
Origin:
1325–75; ME orig. uncert.
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2  [kod]
–noun
Slang: Vulgar. testicle.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE codd; akin to ON koddi pillow

Cod

  [kod]
–noun
Cape. Cape Cod.

COD.

 
codex.
Also, cod.

C.O.D.

 
Commerce.
cash, or collect, on delivery (payment to be made when delivered to the purchaser).
Also, c.o.d.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism
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cod 1   (kŏd)   
n.   pl. cod or cods
Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, an important food fish of northern Atlantic waters. Also called codfish.

[Middle English.]
cod 2   (kŏd)   
n.  

  1. A husk or pod.

  2. Archaic The scrotum.

  3. Obsolete A bag.


[Middle English, from Old English codd.]
Cod   (kŏd)   
A hook-shaped peninsula of southeast Massachusetts extending east and north into the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing, whaling, and shipping were important here until the late 1800s; the economy today is based largely on tourism.
COD  
abbr.  

  1. cash on delivery

  2. collect on delivery

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Cultural Dictionary

COD

An abbreviation for “cash on delivery” or “collect on delivery.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

C.O.D. 
abbreviation of cash on delivery, 1859, originally Amer.Eng.

cod 
1273, cotfish, origin unknown; despite similarity of form it has no conclusive connection to the widespread Gmc. word for "bag" (cf. O.E. codd, source of codpiece, q.v.). Cod-liver oil known since at least 1615, recommended medicinally since 1783, but not popular as a remedy until after 1825.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: COD
Function: abbreviation
cash on delivery, collect on delivery
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cod
Pronunciation: 'käd
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cod also cods
: any of variousbottom-dwelling fishes (family Gadidae, the cod family) that usually occur in cold marine waters and often have barbels and three dorsal fins: as a : one (Gadus morhua) of theNo. Atlantic that is an important food fish b : one (Gadus macrocephalus) of the Pacific Ocean
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
COD

  1. cash on delivery

  2. cause of death

  3. chemical oxygen demand

  4. collect on delivery

  5. Concise Oxford Dictionary

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