<p><strong>noun, plural</strong></p><ul><li>(especially collectively) cod, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cods</li><li>any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of North Atlantic waters</li><li>a closely related fish, Gadus macrocephalus, of the North Pacific Ocean</li><li>any of several unrelated fishes, as rockfishes of the genus Sebastes</li></ul>