of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacanthini, an order of marine soft-finned fishes typically having the pectoral and pelvic fins close together and small cycloid scales. The group includes gadid fishes and hake
noun
2.
any gadoid fish
Word origin
C19: from New Latin Gadidae, from gadus cod; see -oid
gadoid in American English
(ˈgeɪˌdɔɪd)
adjective
1.
of or like the family (Gadidae, order Gadiformes) of bony fishes including cod, hake, and burbot