tomcod

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

tomcod (plural tomcods or tomcod)

1. Any of species Microgadus tomcod, of edible cod found in the Atlantic.

   Synonyms: Atlantic tomcod, tommycod, frostfish, winter cod

2. Any of species Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific.

   Synonym: Pacific tomcod

3. Any of species Menticirrhus saxatilis (syn. Menticirrhus nebulosus) of kingfishes
4. 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

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