HADDOCK (Gadus aeglefinus)

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HADDOCK (Gadus aeglefinus) , a fish which differs from the cod in having the mental barbel very short, the first anal fin with 22 to 25 rays, instead of 17 to 20, and the lateral line dark instead of whitish; it has a large blackish spot above each pectoral finassociated in legend with the marks of St

Peter

finger

FINGER

and thumb, the haddock being supposed to be the fish from whose mouth he took the

tribute

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

-money. It attains to a

weight

WEIGHT

of 15 lb. and is one of the most valuable food fishes of Europe, both fresh and smoked, the " finnan haddie " of

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- RICHARD
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  RICHARD
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

being famous. It is common round the British and Irish coasts, and generally distributed along the shores of the North Sea, extending across the

Atlantic

ATLANTIC

to the

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

of North America.

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