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shore cod
Cod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo["o]l.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo. Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod. Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath.

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- The South S**** of M****achusetts is a geographic region stretching south and east from Boston toward Cape Cod along the s****s of M****achusetts Bay and...
- Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of M****achusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic...
- Cod (pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for...
- The Cod Wars (Icelandic: Þorskastríðin; also known as Landhelgisstríðin, lit. 'The Coastal Wars'; German: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century...
- significant factor contributing to the depletion of the cod stocks off Newfoundland's s****s was the introduction of equipment and technology that increased...
- onboard delivery (COD) is the use of aircraft to ferry personnel, mail, supplies, and high-priority cargo, such as replacement parts, from s**** bases to an...
- cod, the Pacific cod and the Greenland cod. Although there is a fourth species of the cod genus Gadus, Alaska pollock, it is commonly not called cod and...
- Escoumins on the North S****. Cod fishermen are divided into two groups. One was those of Labourd operating on the southern s**** of the Gulf, between Gaspé...
- Cod and other cod-like fish have been widely used as food through history. Other cod-like fish come from the same family (Gadidae) that cod belong to...
- nearly 40 miles (64 km) of seas**** along the Atlantic-facing eastern s**** of Cape Cod, in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans...