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Definition of Tautog

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

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

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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)

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