Home › Words › C › codlockcodlockcodlock means pholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, codlock ranks #26,403 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyOf unknown origin. Possibly suffixed with Scots -lock, which forms diminutives. First attested in 1794.nounPholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.gunnel 73% match — A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus. vs codlock →cunner 60% match — A marine European fish (Symphodus melops). vs codlock →lingcod 58% match — Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America. vs codlock →bergylt 57% match — A rose fish (Sebastes norvegicus), an edible red fish of the North Atlantic. vs codlock →burgall 57% match — A cunner, a fish of species (Tautogolabrus adspersus). vs codlock →hornel 57% match — A sand eel. vs codlock →lookdown 57% match — An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer. vs codlock →quillfish 57% match — Ptilichthys goodei, a long, eel-like perciform fish native to the north Pacific Ocean. vs codlock →