Tomcod

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The jack. ·see 2d Jack, 8. (c).

II. Tomcod ·noun The kingfish. ·see Kingfish (a).

III. Tomcod ·noun A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States;

— called also frostfish. ·see ·Illust. under Frostfish.

Related Words

tomcod
(Gentis, Morrhua. Cuvier.) A small fish common to our coast, but which become very abundant after th...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.