tautog

American  

[taw-tog, -tawg, tau-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

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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

It was almost time to head home, to the planks and the knives, with a tautog that did not behave like a tautog and a few striped bass.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2012

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

Tuna may be a favorite, but many other species including flounder, striped bass, tautog and salmon can all be eaten as sushi.

From Time Magazine Archive

“If there’s any tautog over there, I bet Helen and Ruth get ’em.

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

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