tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis
(noun) large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tautog (plural tautogs)
A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis).
• (Tautoga onitis): blackfish, black porgy, oyster-fish
• tag out, tagout
Source: Wiktionary
Tau*tog", n. Etym: [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tautaúog.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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