codling

4 definitions found

codling - 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.
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  Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zool.)
     A young cod; also, a hake.
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  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.
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               A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
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     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.
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codling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  codling
      n 1: young codfish