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

Among others, bottom fishermen chasing tautog or grouper will also benefit from the sensitivity.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had supplied the bait for tautog, and the girls and boys of the party, all having lived inland, learned many things that they hadn’t known before.

From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Alice B. Emerson