haddock: see cod cod, member of the large family Gadidae, comprising commercially important food fishes. The cods include the hake and the haddock, all found in the N Atlantic and Pacific.
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Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

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Valuable North American food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, family Gadidae). A bottom-dweller that feeds on invertebrates and fishes, it resembles the cod, with its chin barbel (fleshy feeler) and two anal and three dorsal fins, but is distinguished by a dark (rather than light) lateral line and a distinctive dark spot on each shoulder. It is gray or brownish above, paler below. It grows to about 3 ft (90 cm) long and 25 lbs (11 kg).

haddock

a North Atlantic gadoid food fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus: similar to but smaller than the cod

haddock [′had·ək]

(vertebrate zoology)

Melanogrammus aeglefinus.A fish of the family Gadidae characterized by a black lateral line and a dark spot behind the gills.

Haddock

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus), a fish of the family Gadidae. Haddock reach a length of 70 cm and a weight of 3 kg. The fish are dark above and have a silver abdomen and silver sides. There is a black spot on each side above the pectoral fin. The mouth is inferior.

Haddock are found in the boreal regions of the Atlantic Ocean. They are numerous in the North Sea (near Iceland), in the southern part of the Barents Sea, and off Grand Bank, Newfoundland. The fish deposit pelagic roe. The fry live in deep waters, often finding shelter under the bell of jellyfish. Adult forms live close to the bottom and feed on benthos and the roe of herring and capelin.

In the North Sea, haddock reach sexual maturity in two or three years; in the Barents Sea, sexual maturity is attained after five to seven years. The migration of haddock is particularly of note in the Barents Sea: the young fish are carried by northern cape currents away from the northern coast of Norway; after reaching sexual maturity, the fish travel to the Lofoten Islands for spawning.

Haddock are commercially valuable fish.

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They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the cadaverous cod and haddock whose fame is trumpeted in our streets.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

Cast up fer your last trip, all you Gloucester haddocks.

Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis--a celebrated Scotch dish, gentlemen, which my uncle used to say always looked to him, when it came to table, very much like a Cupid's stomach-- and a great many other things besides, that I forget the names of, but very good things, notwithstanding.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

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