haddock

noun

had·dock ˈha-dək

plural haddock also haddocks

: an important food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus synonym Gadus aeglefinus) of the cod family occurring on both sides of the North Atlantic that has a black lateral line and dark patch above the pectoral fin

Examples of haddock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When cod is unavailable, substitute haddock, hake, cusk, tilapia, pollock, striped bass, or white sea bass. —

Julia Dowling Rutland, Southern Living, 12 July 2023 Use the olive sauce with other local fish, such as hake, haddock, swordfish, bluefish, or mackerel. —

Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023 Opening in 1914, the wharf was once a bustling, one-stop-shop for seafarers to dock their vessels, unload their daily catch, and hawk their cod and haddock at the adjacent auction house. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023 But fewer haddock will be caught in New England this year after regulators cut fishing quotas. —

Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023 During summer months, folks gather daily to watch fishing boats unload their catch of haddock, cod, flounder, bluefin tuna, and shellfish. —

Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023 Some countries that export haddock are also cutting quotas this year. —

Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 16 May 2023 Try appetizers, like escargot a la Provencal, pork dumplings and venison cigar rolls with maple horseradish aioli, and entrees such as the Thai haddock with coconut curry sauce, brie and bacon chicken, or a classic bistro steak. —

Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023 As everyone knows, real weather means icy wind and icy rain; real food is cod and haddock and lamb; real landscape is a run of bare, treeless slopes rising toward bare, snowy slopes; real history traces the annals of a flinty island folk surmounting a chain of perils. —

Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 28 May 2021 See More

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