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codling

/ˈkɒdlɪŋ/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about codling at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A young small cod.
  2. A hake (cod-related food fish), especially one from the genus Urophycis.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of codle

noun

  1. A small, immature apple
  2. Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking

Origin

From Middle English codling, codeling, equivalent to cod + -ling.

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