Cod and Flatfish

noun

• The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves.
  • synonyms: pod, seedcase
• Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached.
  • synonyms: codfish
• Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters.
  • synonyms: codfish

verb

• Fool or hoax.
  • usage: "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me"
  • synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
• Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
  • usage: "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
  • synonyms: tease, razz, rag, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

adjective

• Payable by the recipient on delivery.
  • usage: "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
  • synonyms: collect

adverb

• Collecting the charges upon delivery.
  • usage: "mail a package C. O. D."
  • synonyms: C. O. D., cash on delivery

• (n.) The scrotum.
• (n.) A small bag or pouch.
• (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.
• (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
• (n.) A pillow or cushion.

COD is Cash On Delivery; which is exactly what it means.

(Military) COD stands for one of the following: carrier onboard delivery; combat operations division

noun

• Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets.
• Any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side. .

(n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; especially, the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.