'Codling' definitions:
Definition of 'codling'
(from WordNet)
noun
Young codfish
Definition of 'Codling'
From: GCIDE
- Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zool.) A young cod; also, a hake. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Codling'
From: GCIDE
- Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. [1913 Webster]
- A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Codling moth (Zool.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'codling'
From: GCIDE
- Hake \Hake\, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zool.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is Merlucius bilinearis. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling. [1913 Webster]