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gadid

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ga⋅did

  [gey-did]
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–adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the cod family, Gadidae.
–noun
2. a gadid fish.
Also, ga⋅doid  [gey-doid] .

Origin:
1885–90; < NL Gadidae, equiv. to Gad(us) the cod genus (< Gk gádos a kind of fish) + -idae -id 2
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ga·doid   (gā'doid', gād'oid')   
adj.  Of or belonging to the fish family Gadidae, which includes the cods and the hakes.
n.  A fish of the family Gadidae.

[New Latin Gadus, fish genus (from Greek gados, a kind of fish) + -oid.]
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