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LINGCOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lingcod mean? 

LINGCOD (noun)
  The noun LINGCOD has 2 senses:

1. the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United Statesplay

2. food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlingsplay

  Familiarity information: LINGCOD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINGCOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lingcod" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("lingcod" is a part of...):

lingcod; Ophiodon elongatus (food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lingcod; Ophiodon elongatus

Hypernyms ("lingcod" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Meronyms (parts of "lingcod"):

lingcod (the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("lingcod" is a member of...):

genus Ophiodon; Ophiodon (a genus of Ophiodontidae)


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