CODLING

codling

(noun) young codfish

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

codling (plural codlings)

A young small cod.

A hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis.

Etymology 2

Verb

codling

present participle of codle

Etymology 3

Noun

codling (plural codlings)

A small, immature apple

Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking

Anagrams

• lingcod

Source: Wiktionary

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Cod"lin, Cod"ling, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. codæppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. A codling when 't is almost an apple. Shak. Codling moth (Zoöl.), 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.

Cod"ling, n. Etym: [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A young cod; also, a hake.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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