melanogrammus aeglefinus

1. 1.

   important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller

   Synonymshaddock

   Broadergadoid

   Part ofMelanogrammus

   Partshaddock

Questions about melanogrammus aeglefinus

What does melanogrammus aeglefinus mean?

melanogrammus aeglefinus means "important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller".

What is another word for melanogrammus aeglefinus?

Close synonyms include haddock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is melanogrammus aeglefinus a common word?

melanogrammus aeglefinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.