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codfishery

codfishery noun: a fishery specifically dealing with cod.

Noun

codfishery (countable and uncountable, plural codfisheries)

  1. (countable) A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
  2. (uncountable) The industry of fishing for cod.

Forms of codfishery

pluralcodfisheries

Origin of codfishery

From cod + fishery.

Questions about codfishery

What does codfishery mean?
Codfishery means a fishery specifically dealing with cod.
What part of speech is codfishery?
Codfishery is a noun.
What is the plural of codfishery?
The plural of codfishery is codfisheries.

Words near codfishery in the dictionary

  1. codfisher
  2. codfisheries
  3. codfisherman
  4. codfishermen
  5. codfishers
  6. codfishery
  7. codfishes
  8. codfishing
  9. Codford
  10. codge
  11. codged

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