'Tautoga onitis' definitions:

Definition of 'Tautoga onitis'

From: WordNet
noun
Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis]

Definition of 'Tautoga onitis'

From: GCIDE
  • Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tauta['u]og.] (Zool.) 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. [Written also tautaug.] [1913 Webster]