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OP gadoid
adj.
5< ModL gadus, cod < Gr gados, kind of fish + 3OID6 of or like the family (Gadidae, order Gadiformes) of bony fishes including cod, hake, and burbot
n.
any fish of this family
For some reason I am reminded that the USP name for codliver oil (early source of Viatamin A & D)
was oleum morrhuae. ( I couldn't find etymology of "morrhuae") From name Linnaeus gave ;the fish.
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