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ling·cod
(lĭng′kŏd′)n. pl. lingcod or ling·cods
A large, northern Pacific food fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the family Hexagrammidae, having an elongated greenish-gray body.
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lingcod
(ˈlɪŋˌkɒd)n, pl -cod or -cods
(Animals) any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Ophiodontidae, esp Ophiodon elongatus, of the N Pacific Ocean
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ling•cod
(ˈlɪŋˌkɒd)n., pl. -cods, (esp. collectively) -cod.
a large-mouthed game fish, Ophiodon elongatus, of the N Pacific, related to the greenling.
[1880–85]
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Noun | 1. | lingcod - the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States Ophiodon elongatus, lingcod - food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
2. | lingcod - food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings genus Ophiodon, Ophiodon - a genus of Ophiodontidae scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates lingcod - the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States |
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