rockling

American

[rok-ling] / ˈrɒk lɪŋ /

noun

PLURAL

rocklings

PLURAL

rockling

any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.

rockling British

/ ˈrɒklɪŋ /

noun

any small gadoid fish of the genera Gaidropsarus, Ciliata , etc (formerly all included in Motella ), which have an elongated body with barbels around the mouth and occur mainly in the North Atlantic Ocean

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Etymology

Origin of rockling

First recorded in 1595–1605; rock ¹ + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

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Whis′tle-fish, a rockling; Whis′tler, one who, or that which, whistles: a kind of marmot: a broken-winded horse; Whis′tling.—adv.

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At Rockling Station I saw some very fine orange trees, full of splendid fruit.

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And the prawns and the crayfish and the rockling, they swam in and out above their heads: but Don Guzman he never heeded, but sat still, and drank his wine.

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