tomcod

English

Etymology

From French tacaud?, probably influenced by Tom, tom.

Noun

tomcod (plural tomcods or tomcod)

Any of species Microgadus tomcod, of edible cod found in the Atlantic.
Synonyms: Atlantic tomcod, tommycod, frostfish, winter cod
Any of species Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific.
Synonym: Pacific tomcod
Any of species Menticirrhus saxatilis (syn. Menticirrhus nebulosus) of kingfishes
Any of species Sebastodes paucispinis of jacks.

Translations

Microgadus tomcod

Finnish: jääturska
French: poulamon (fr), petit poisson des chenaux

References

“tomcod”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
tomcod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
tomcod on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
tomcod on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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