bacalao

Definitions of bacalao
  1. noun
    major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
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    types:
    lota
    elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
    type of:
    gádido
    a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
  2. noun
    lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
    synonyms: abadejo
  3. noun
    the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
    synonyms: vaina
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