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CODLINGS
Noun
codlings
plural of codling
Anagrams
• lingcods, scolding
Source: Wiktionary
CODLING
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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