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GADUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gadus mean?
• GADUS (noun)
The noun GADUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
Familiarity information: GADUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gadus; genus Gadus
Hypernyms ("Gadus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Gadus"):
cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)
Holonyms ("Gadus" is a member of...):
family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)
Context examples
The oil extracted from various species of Gadus.
(Cod Liver Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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