- cod, codfish - lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
--1 is a kind of saltwater fish
--1 is a part of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
--1 has particulars: salt cod - cod, codfish - major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
--2 is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
--2 is a member of Gadus, genus Gadus
--2 has particulars:codling; Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua; Pacific cod, Alaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus; burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota; scrod, schrod