Cod called cod: "Cod" forms part of the common name of many other fish no longer classified in the genus "Gadus". Many are members of the family Gadidae; others are members of three related families within the order Gadiformes whose names include the word "cod": the morid cods, Moridae (100 or so species); the eel cods, Muraenolepididae (four species); and the Eucla cod, Euclichthyidae (one species). The tadpole cod family (Ranicipitidae) has now been placed in Gadidae. Gadiformes include: Some fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling, codlet or tomcod. ("Codling" is also used as a name for
Cape Cod "Cottages at North Truro" (1936). Norman Mailer's 1984 noir thriller and murder mystery novel "Tough Guys Don't Dance" is set in Provincetown on Cape Cod. According to Cole Porter's song "Let's Do It," "cold Cape Cod clams 'gainst their wish do it." The band Vampire Weekend's self-titled LP contains two songs mentioning Cape Cod, "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and "Walcott". In 1996, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts allowed the creation of a "Cape & Islands" registration plate. Cape Cod Cape Cod is a geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United