tautoga onitis

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tautoga onitis - 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]

tautoga onitis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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