[tom-kod] 
) -cod, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -cods. | 1. | either of two small cods, Microgadus tomcod, of the Atlantic Ocean, or M. proximus, of the Pacific Ocean. |
| 2. | any of various similar fishes. |
| tom·cod (tŏm'kŏd') n. pl. tomcod or tom·cods Either of two edible marine fishes, Microgadus tomcod of North American Atlantic waters or M. proximus of northern Pacific waters, related to and resembling the cod. |