tomcod

English

Etymology

Possibly from French tacaud, probably influenced by tom (“male animal”) and cod.

Noun

tomcod (plural tomcods or tomcod)

1. Any member of the species Microgadus tomcod, of edible cod found in the Atlantic.

   Synonyms: Atlantic tomcod, tommycod, frostfish, winter cod

2. Any member of the species Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific.

   Synonym: Pacific tomcod

3. Any member of the species Menticirrhus saxatilis (syn. Menticirrhus nebulosus) of kingfishes
4. Any member of the species Sebastodes paucispinis of jacks.

Translations

Microgadus tomcod

• Finnish: jääturska
• French: poulamon (fr), petit poisson des chenaux
• Icelandic: dvergþorskur m

Microgadus proximus

• Alutiiq: saakelaq
• Dena'ina: tleghanduda

References

• “tomcod”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• tomcod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tomcod on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:tomcod on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• dot com, dot-com, dotcom