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noun
A tomcod (either species of Microgadus).
Microgadus proximus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Pacific tomcod
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noun
A tomcod (either species of Microgadus).
Microgadus tomcod
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Atlantic tomcod
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noun
Any of genus Benthodesmus cutlassfish
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A smelt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A scabbardfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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History
From frost + fish. In the case of the tomcod, so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about when frost comes.
