tautog

American  

[taw-tog, -tawg, tou-tog] / tɔˈtɒg, -ˈtɔg, ˈtaʊ tɒg /

noun

1. a dark-colored wrasse, Tautoga onitis, a popular game and food fish inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to South Carolina.

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tautog British  

/ tɔːˈtɒɡ /

noun

1. Also called: blackfish.  a large dark-coloured wrasse, Tautoga onitis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean: used as a food fish

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Etymology

Origin of tautog

An Americanism first recorded in 1635–45; from Narragansett ( English spelling) tautaũog, plural of taut

Example Sentences

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tautog

He predicted that removing the old traps will help the populations of various fish species including tautog, rock crabs, whelk, cunner and sea bass, as well as the remaining lobsters.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

That would be a mistake, because tautog flesh is firm, sweet and white, and can be cooked any number of ways, all of them good.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2012

Whatever this tautog had been up to, it was bound now for ice.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2012

This is when they gorge on really big baits like bunker, or I find them around areas loaded with tautog and fluke.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes, more too; I left six dozen perch and three handsome tautog in his kitchen just now."

From Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Optic, Oliver