Definition of Pacific cod

1. Noun. Closely related to Atlantic cod.

Exact synonyms: Alaska Cod, Gadus Macrocephalus
Generic synonyms: Cod, Codfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Cod

Pachysandra terminalis
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Pacific Daylight Time
Pacific Diver
Pacific Islander
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Time
Pacific blackberries
Pacific blackberry
Pacific blackchin
Pacific bonito
Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Pacific cod (current term)
Pacific dewberries
Pacific dewberry
Pacific giant salamander
Pacific halibut
Pacific hemlock
Pacific herring
Pacific loon
Pacific loons
Pacific newt
Pacific plum
Pacific ridley
Pacific sardine
Pacific silver fir
Pacific silver firs

Literary usage of Pacific cod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Population and Resources of Alaska at the 11th Census, 1890 by United States Census Office, Census Office, 1890 11th census, United States (1893)
"Compared with former years, when the fleet sometimes numbered upwards of 20 vessels and the products aggregated more than 2000 tons, the Pacific cod fishery ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1871)
"... Pacific cod has not yet been discovered, and a rich harvest will await the fortunate fisherman who may chance to light upon it. ..."

3. Canada's Future: What She Offers After the War; a Symposium of Official Opinion by E. A. Victor (1916)
"At the present time the Pacific cod-fishery is practically undeveloped for lack of a market. True, there is a fleet of cod-fishing ..."

4. Pacific Northwest Americana: A Checklist of Books and Pamphlets Relating to by Charles Wesley Smith (1921)
"John Nathan Pacific cod fisheries. 11 Ip front 8pl Imap tab Wash Govt 1916 (Appendix 4 to the report of the US commissioner of fisheries for IS16) S.Wu 719 ..."

5. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker (1905)
"Cod Fish are caught in the north Atlantic and north Pacific COD FISH oceans. They are mostly salted and dried, and find an enormous sale in Roman Catholic ..."

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