noun (n)

• lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried(noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller(noun.animal)

  Synonym:
  melanogrammus aeglefinus
  

  source: wordnet30
• A marine food fish (Melanogrammus æglefinus), 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913