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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Haddock  \Had"dock\,  n.  [OE.  hadoc,  haddok,  of  unknown  origin; 
  cf  Ir  codog,  Gael.  adag,  F.  hadot.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  marine  food  fish  ({Melanogrammus  [ae]glefinus}),  allied  to 
  the  cod,  inhabiting  the  northern  coasts  of  Europe  and 
  America.  It  has  a  dark  lateral  line  and  a  black  spot  on  each 
  side  of  the  body,  just  back  of  the  gills.  Galled  also 
  {haddie},  and  {dickie}. 
 
  {Norway  haddock},  a  marine  edible  fish  ({Sebastes  marinus}) 
  of  Northern  Europe  and  America.  See  {Rose  fish}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  haddock 
  n  1:  lean  white  flesh  of  fish  similar  to  but  smaller  than  cod; 
  usually  baked  or  poached  or  as  fillets  sauteed  or  fried 
  2:  important  food  fish  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic;  related 
  to  cod  but  usually  smaller  [syn:  {Melanogrammus  aeglefinus}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Haddock,  GA 
  Zip  code(s):  31033 




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