codling

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

  • Some dictionaries including Merriam-Webster online list Middle English querdlyng, -lyng being equivalent to modern -ling.
  • Some dictionaries including Collins online list “Unknown”.

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Noun

codling (plural codlings)

  1. a small, immature apple
  2. any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking

[edit] Etymology 2

cod +‎ -ling

[edit] Noun

codling (plural codlings)

  1. a small, young cod
  2. a hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis.

[edit] References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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