I. ˈskräd noun
or es·crod ə̇ˈskräd
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Dutch schrood piece cut off, shred, from Middle Dutch schrode — more at shred
1.
a. : a young cod ( Gadus morrhua )
b. : the young of any of several other fishes (as the haddock)
2.
a. : a small cod split and boned for cooking
b. : a fillet taken from the thick meat just ahead of the tail of a fish (as a cod, haddock, pollack)
II. transitive verb
( scrodded ; scrodded ; scrodding ; scrods )
: to split or fillet (a fish) for cooking