haddock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a North Atlantic marine fish related to cod and widely caught for food

   The trawler returned with a catch of haddock from the cold northern waters.

2. 2
   noun

   the mild white flesh of haddock used as food

   The cafe served smoked haddock with potatoes and poached eggs.

From Middle English haddok, probably through Anglo-Norman or Old French hadoc. Its deeper origin is uncertain; the ending may have been interpreted as the diminutive suffix also seen in several animal names.

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