Cod vs. Tomcod — What's the Difference?

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 a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus).

Either of two edible marine fishes, Microgadus tomcod of North American Atlantic waters or M. proximus of northern Pacific waters, closely related to and resembling the cod.

See Atlantic cod.

A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic, Microgadus tomcod.

Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, which includes the Atlantic cod and the haddock.

Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific.

(Archaic) A husk or pod.

A kingfish.

(Archaic) The scrotum.

A jack fish.

(Obsolete) A bag.

A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; - called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.

(obsolete) A small bag or pouch.

A husk or integument; a pod.

The cocoon of a silkworm.

The scrotum (also in plural).

A pillow or cushion.

The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.

The sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, as inclusive of the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).

The sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).

Other unrelated fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.

Other unrelated fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).

A joke or an imitation.

A stupid or foolish person.

Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

(Polari) Bad.

To attempt to deceive or confuse; To joke; To kid.

A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

A small bag or pouch.

The scrotum.

A pillow or cushion.

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.

The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

Major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters

Fool or hoax;

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;

Payment due by the recipient on delivery;

Collecting the charges upon delivery;