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NOUN (1)

1. young codfish;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hake \Hake\, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zool.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is Merlucius bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zool.) A young cod; also, a hake. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. [1913 Webster] A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Codling moth (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

codling n 1: young codfish