Gadidae

noun

large family of important mostly marine food fishes

• Syn: ↑family Gadidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gadiformes, ↑order Gadiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑gadoid, ↑gadoid fish, ↑Gadus, ↑genus Gadus, ↑Merlangus, ↑genus Merlangus, ↑Lota, ↑genus Lota, ↑Melanogrammus, ↑genus Melanogrammus, ↑Pollachius, ↑genus Pollachius, ↑Merluccius, ↑genus Merluccius, ↑Urophycis, ↑genus Urophycis, ↑Molva, ↑genus Molva, ↑Brosmius, ↑genus Browmius

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\\ˈgadəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gadus, type genus + -idae

: a large family of soft-finned fishes of the order Anacanthini including many important food fishes (as the cod, haddock, tomcods, pollacks) that are chiefly marine although one genus (Lota) is confined to fresh water and that have a rather elongated body, small cycloid scales, a large mouth, wide gill openings, and usually a barbel on the chin