Codling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
     hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
     (Zool.)
     One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
     {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
     is {Merlucius vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting


     is {Merlucius bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis
     chuss} and {Phycis tenius}) are important food fishes, and
     are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
     {squirrel hake}, and {codling}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zool.)
     A young cod; also, a hake.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
     quince.]
     (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
     (b) An immature apple.
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               A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
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     {Codling moth} (Zool.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
        Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
        worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
        crop.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  codling
       n : young codfish