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rock cod

rock cod

noun

  1. any of various marine fishes found in rocky habitats in Australian waters
  2. another name for blue cod


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock cod1

First recorded in 1625–35

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Example Sentences

Fannin and Charlie had caught some rock-cod, curious red and black fish with staring eyes, said to live at great depths.

He pulled it in rapidly, hand under hand, and landed a big gasping rock cod in the bottom of the canoe.

There is where we made the acquaintance of sea-bass and rock-cod, and we have cultivated their acquaintance ever since.

Some were of the perch family, and others resembled rock cod, with three remarkable black spots on each side of their bodies.

On the following morning, I again went to the "dock," lowered my line, and caught six rock-cod.

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