Cod

(kod). 1. The scrotum. 2. The belly. 3. In the plural, the testes. 4. The Gadus morrhua, a fish furnishing a valuable medicinal product. C. liver Oil, an oil derived from the liver of the Gadus morrhua, and ranging in color according to the method of its preparation from pale-straw to dark-brown; its specific gravity is.923 to.924 or even.930 at 150 C. The finer qualities are used for medicinal purposes, the darker by tanners and curriers. See Alorrhua.