LINGCOD

lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus

(noun) food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings

lingcod

(noun) the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lingcod (plural lingcods or lingcod)

Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.

Anagrams

• codling

Source: Wiktionary



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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