lingcod

1 9.1

A large food fish from the North Pacific with a long body and big mouth

: lingcod

The lingcod were captured as part of a multipurpose nearshore reef fish tagging study.
lingcod captured
rockfish and lingcod
lingcod is caught

Examples

Lingcod provided a fairly constant proportion of the catch through 1982, after which it declined.

Academic text (1995)
After a successful fishing trip, the family grilled the fresh lingcod for dinner.
At the end of the holding period, surviving lingcod were given a final examination and released to the ocean.

Academic text (1998)
In 1972, lingcod jumped to 14% of the reported catch.

Academic text (1995)
Two changes in lingcod regulations took place in 1980 and 1981.

Academic text (1995)
Most anglers caught fewer than 5 lingcod per day, so the regulation had little net effect.

Academic text (1995)
The size of lingcod retained has increased, but their relative abundance in the recreational catch has not increased.

Academic text (1995)
The Monterey Bay Aquarium provided holding tank space for extended observation of captured lingcod, and Dave Lindquist provided feeding and care.

Academic text (1998)
Three times per week, the lingcod were observed and fed dead market squid or anchovy, Engraulis mordax, to satiation.

Academic text (1998)
In 1980, lingcod, sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria), and chub (Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus) totaled 15% of the reported catch.

Academic text (1995)

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9.9

A large sea fish from the northern Pacific with firm white flesh often eaten as food

is the common everyday name for the same northern Pacific food fish

lingcod singular

lingcods plural

lingcod = ling + cod (semi-transparent) = ling + cod

The word is clearly a compound of two fish names, but the specific species reference is not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Lingcod joins ling, a name for a 'long' fish, and cod, a common fish. So a lingcod is a cod-like fish with a long body.