Tautog

//ˈtɔːtɒɡ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis).

    "The fish he found were nothing unusual: cunner and tautog, small fish generally found around pilings or rocky shores, and one weakfish."

  2. 2
    large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
blackfishblack porgyblackfishoyster-fishtautoga onitistog

Example

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"The fish he found were nothing unusual: cunner and tautog, small fish generally found around pilings or rocky shores, and one weakfish."

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett tautauog, plural of taut.

Related phrases

north americanova scotiasouth carolina

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