Definition of Tautog

1. Noun. Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America.

Exact synonyms: Blackfish, Tautoga Onitis
Generic synonyms: Wrasse
Group relationships: Genus Tautoga, Tautoga

Definition of Tautog

1. n. An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.

Definition of Tautog

1. Noun. A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tautog

1. a marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tautog

1. An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Synonym: blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. Alternative forms: tautaug. Origin: The pl. Of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tautaoog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautog

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tautog (current term)
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