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1. Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
   - codfish
    
2. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
   - pod, seedcase
    
3. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
   - codfish

1. Payable by the recipient on delivery
   "a COD parcel";
   - collect
    
2. [Brit] Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
   - bogus, fake, phony [N. Amer], phoney

1. Fool or hoax
   "The immigrant was codded because he trusted everyone";
   - gull, dupe, slang, befool [archaic], fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
    
2. Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
   "The children codded the new teacher";
   - tease, razz [N. Amer], rag, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride [N. Amer], wind up [Brit]

1. Collecting the charges upon delivery
   "mail a package C.O.D.";
   - COD, cash on delivery

Derived forms: codding, cods, cod, codded

See also: counterfeit, due, imitative

Type of: bemock, betray, deceive, gadoid, gadoid fish, husk, lead astray, mock, saltwater fish

Part of: Atlantic cod, Gadus, Gadus morhua, genus Gadus

Encyclopedia: Cod