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Codfish vs Dorse - What's the difference?

codfish | dorse |

As nouns the difference between codfish and dorse

is that codfish is (countable) a cod (the fish ) while dorse is the baltic or variable cod (gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish or dorse can be the back of a book.

codfish

English

Noun

  • (countable) A cod (the fish ).
  • (uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.

    • dorse

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back of a book.
  • * Wood
    • Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses .
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