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Tautog

Tautog Meaning & Definition
Tautog Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tautog?

[n] large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tautog: blackfish | Tautoga onitis

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See Also | genus Tautoga | Tautoga | wrasse

Tautog In Webster's Dictionary

\Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.) An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish}, {salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]

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