noun

• (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
• (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).

noun

• (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
  "There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;"
• (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  "And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym."
• (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).
  "that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male."
• (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.
  "Provost Maccalzean, with the silver keys in his hand, and the eldest bailie with the crimson-velvet cod, whereon they were to be delivered to her Majesty, following as fast as any member of a city corporation could be reasonably be expected to do."

adj

• (usually attributive, in compounds) Having the character of imitation; jocular.
  "cod psychology"
• (Polari) Bad.
  "Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it."

verb

• (transitive, dialectal, slang) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
  ""How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come.""
• (intransitive, Ireland, slang) To joke; to kid
  "I'm only codding!"