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Where does “tomcod” come from?

tomcod (English) comes from French tacaud.

tomcod (English): A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic,...

Definitions

  1. A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic,...

Ancestry of “tomcod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtacaud—
Every word from French tacaud →