different between maddock vs haddock

English

Etymology

From Middle English maddok, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish madike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made (“maggot”) +? -ock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæd?k/

Noun

maddock (plural maddocks)

1. (obsolete) an earthworm, a maggot

English

Etymology

From Middle English haddok, from Anglo-Norman hadoc, from Old French hadot. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”).

The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæd?k/
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Noun

haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)

1. A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

Related terms

• finnan haddie
• hake

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Portuguese

Noun

haddock m (plural haddocks)

1. Alternative form of hadoque