Merluccius

noun

Mer·​luc·​ci·​us

mərˈlüchēəs

: a genus of fishes related to the cods and included with them in Gadidae or now often isolated in a separate family see hake

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin merlutius, merlucius hake, from Latin merula, a sea fish, blackbird

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