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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.
2. 2
   food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings wordnet
3. 3
   the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

buffalo codcultus codophiodon elongatus

Etymology

From ling + cod, from its superficial resemblance to those two fish.

Related phrases

north america

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