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14 words match “HADDOCK”

HADDOCK n.
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.
SHADDOCK n.
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
BERGYLT n.
The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.
FINNAN HADDIE n.
Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fìn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]
FORBIDDEN a.
th reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
GADOID a.
Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidæ) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. -- n.
GRAPE FRUIT n.
The shaddock.
HADDIE n.
The haddock. [Scot.]
PETER n.
ion made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. -- Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to o…
POMELO n.
A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.
POMPELMOUS n.
A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
RIZZAR v.
To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock. [Scot.]
SALT a.
of soda, according to Leblanc's process. -- Salt fish. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. -- Salt garden, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated…
SPELDING n.
A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron. [Scot.]