tautog

3 definitions found

tautog - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
     name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
     by him tauta['u]og.] (Zool.)
     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.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
     fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
     F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
     A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp
     family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus;
     the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes
     of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius,
     Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different
     fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Chub mackerel (Zool.), a species of mackerel (Scomber  colias
        ) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
        coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull  mackerel
        , thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.
  
     Chub sucker (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
        States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
        [1913 Webster]

tautog - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tautog
      n 1: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North
           America [syn: tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis]