Merluccius

noun

hakes

• Syn: ↑genus Merluccius

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gadidae, ↑family Gadidae

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\\mərˈlüchēəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin merlutius, merlucius hake, from Latin merula, a sea fish, blackbird — more at merl

: a genus of fishes related to the cods and included with them in Gadidae or now often isolated in a separate family — see hake