greenling

[ green-ling ]

noun

1. any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.

greenling

/ ˈɡriːnlɪŋ /

noun

1. any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean

Word History and Origins

Origin of greenling¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; green, -ling ¹