Milwell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Scotland, dialectal, historical

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cod

Etymology

From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix).

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atlantic cod

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