tautog
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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
1635–45, Americanism; < Narragansett (E spelling) tautaũog, plural of taut
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| —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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Word Origin & History
tautog
edible marine fish of the Atlantic coast of N.America, 1643, from Narragansett tautauog, pl. of taut.
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Example sentences
Tautog action was still going strong, but the skids on the tog fishery went into effect this week.
Amended regulations announced for tautog, river herring.
Tautog are being caught on all of the structures inside of the bay.
Tautog is one of the few species that can be found in the bay year round.
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