1. Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
   "We enjoyed fresh codfish for dinner at the seaside restaurant";
   - cod
    
2. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
   "We ordered traditional fish and chips made with codfish";
   - cod

Derived forms: codfishes

Type of: gadoid, gadoid fish, saltwater fish

Part of: Atlantic cod, Gadus, Gadus morhua, genus Gadus

Encyclopedia: Codfish