CODLING
codling
(noun) young codfish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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