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milwell.

The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

    Scotland · dialectal · historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with modern French morue.

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