rock cod

American  

noun

1. rockfish.

---

rock cod British  

noun

1. any of various marine fishes found in rocky habitats in Australian waters

2. another name for blue cod

---

Etymology

Origin of rock cod

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

And along with rock cod, mussels and clams, it holds a handful of tiny, sweet Bay shrimp and locally canned Dungeness crab meat.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

They talked about the urchin business, about rock cod and sablefish.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2021

There were flounder and rock cod, carp and sturgeon, smelt and salmon year-round.

From Scientific American • Oct. 2, 2015

Photo courtesy of Rob Robbins On this trip, the dive team gathered about 200 juvenile emerald rock cod, primarily using little green fishing nets, the kind you’d use in a child’s aquarium.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2013

At full dusk or thereabouts he ate three rice balls, a slab of rock cod, and two windfall apples from a wild tree behind Bender’s Spring.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson