tautog

[taw-tog, -tawg] Origin

tau·tog

[taw-tog, -tawg]
noun
a black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Origin:
1635–45, Americanism; < Narragansett (E spelling) tautaũog, plural of taut
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Tautog is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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tautog (tɔːˈtɒɡ)
 
n
Also called: blackfish a large dark-coloured wrasse, Tautoga onitis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean: used as a food fish
 
[C17: from Narraganset tautauog, plural of tautau sheepshead]

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tautog
edible marine fish of the Atlantic coast of N.America, 1643, from Narragansett tautauog, pl. of taut.
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