haddock

noun had·dock \ ˈha-dək \

Definition of haddock

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

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The menu will consist of fish and chips for $10, baked haddock or bay scallops for $11, fried clams at $14, fried or baked sea scallops at $14, and seafood platters at $17.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam Edition," 22 Aug. 2017
Warming temperatures and loss of oxygen in the sea will shrink hundreds of fish species—from tunas and groupers to salmon, thresher sharks, haddock and cod—even more than previously thought, a new study concludes.

— craig welch, National Geographic, "Climate Change May Shrink the World’s Fish," 21 Aug. 2017
The Haddocks were staying at a Fort Worth hospital, where their first child, Carter, was born on Saturday, according to a GoFundMe page created to raise money for the young couple.

— ryan osborne, star-telegram.com, "Couple’s home destroyed by lightning while they were at hospital with newborn," 4 July 2017
Oyster production in the Pacific Northwest is declining because of ocean acidification, and historic cod, haddock and flounder fisheries on the East Coast have collapsed amid decades of overfishing and ocean warming.

— deborah sullivan brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Scripps Oceanography to play key part in UN Ocean conference," 31 May 2017
Common sources of this parasite include cod, haddock, fluke, pacific salmon, herring, flounder and monkfish, as well as squid, according to Stanford University.

— rachael rettner, Fox News, "Man contracts gut parasite after eating sushi," 12 May 2017
Peer into the depths of my heart, a small ocean of the meatiest haddock.

— amy collier, The New Yorker, "I Am a Tinder Guy Holding a Fish and I Will Provide for You," 1 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of haddock

Middle English haddok

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: a fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and that is often eaten as food

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haddock

noun had·dock \ ˈha-dək \

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plural haddock or haddocks

:a fish of the northern Atlantic Ocean that is related to the cod and is often used for food

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