A type of codfish or a variant spelling related to fish of the cod family.
Possibly derived from French 'cabillaud,' an old term for codfish, though the exact etymology is uncertain. The unusual spelling suggests it comes from early naturalist or fishing trade terminology.
Cod fishing was so economically important that fishermen developed dozens of regional names for different cod types and sizes—'cabilliau' is a ghost word from that rich vocabulary that's mostly disappeared.
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