lingcod

Definitions of lingcod
  1. noun
    food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings
    synonyms: Ophiodon elongatus
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    type of:
    scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
    fishes having the head armored with bony plates
  2. noun
    the lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States
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    type of:
    saltwater fish
    flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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