rockling
[ rok-ling ]
noun,plural rock·lings, (especially collectively) rock·ling.
any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
Origin of rockling
1Words Nearby rockling
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At rockling Station I saw some very fine orange trees, full of splendid fruit.
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British Dictionary definitions for rockling
rockling
/ (ˈrɒklɪŋ) /
nounplural -lings or -ling
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
Origin of rockling
1C17: from rock 1 + -ling 1
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