GADUS MORHUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gadus morhua mean? 

• GADUS MORHUA (noun)
  The noun GADUS MORHUA has 1 sense:

1. one of the world's most important commercial fishes

  Familiarity information: GADUS MORHUA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GADUS MORHUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the world's most important commercial fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua

Hypernyms ("Gadus morhua" is a kind of...):

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)

Meronyms (parts of "Gadus morhua"):

cod; codfish (lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached)