rockling

[ rok-ling ]

noun,plural rock·lings, (especially collectively) rock·ling.
  1. any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.

Origin of rockling

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; rock1 + -ling1

Words Nearby rockling

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How to use rockling in a sentence

  • 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
  1. 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

1
C17: from rock 1 + -ling 1

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