gadidEtymologyBy surface analysis, an appellativization from Gadid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, translingual Gad(us) (“cod”) + -id.gadid means of or related to any fish of the family Gadidae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.adjOf or related to any fish of the family Gadidae.“Near-synonyms: gadoid, codlike”nounAny fish of the family Gadidae.“Near-synonym: gadoid”