pacific cod

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   closely related to Atlantic cod

   SynonymsAlaska codGadus macrocephalus

   Broadercod

Questions about pacific cod

What does pacific cod mean?

pacific cod means "closely related to Atlantic cod".

What is another word for pacific cod?

Close synonyms include Alaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus. 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 pacific cod a common word?

pacific cod 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.