Haddock

//ˈhædək// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
  2. 2
    important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller wordnet
  3. 3
    lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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codfishmelanogrammus aeglefinus

Example

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"Tom ate a lot of haddock growing up in Boston."

Etymology

From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”). The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Related phrases

Findon haddockJerusalem haddockNorway haddockfinnan haddockfinnan haddiemarine animalmelanogrammus aeglefinustype fishusually smokedwhite fish

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