codling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

codling
    n 1: young codfish

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
   hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
   (Zool.)
   One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
   {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
   is {Merlucius vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting
   is {Merlucius bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis
   chuss} and {Phycis tenius}) are important food fishes, and
   are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
   {squirrel hake}, and {codling}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zool.)
   A young cod; also, a hake.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
   quince.]
   (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
   (b) An immature apple.
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             A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
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   {Codling moth} (Zool.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
      Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
      worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
      crop.
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