rockling

[ rok-ling ]

noun

, plural rock·lings, (especially collectively) rock·ling.

1. any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.

rockling

/ ˈrɒklɪŋ /

noun

1. any small gadoid fish of the genera Gaidropsarus, Ciliata , etc (formerly all included in Motella ), which have an elongated body with barbels around the mouth and occur mainly in the North Atlantic Ocean

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockling¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; rock ¹ + -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockling¹

C17: from rock ¹+ -ling ¹

Example Sentences

Whis′tle-fish, a rockling; Whis′tler, one who, or that which, whistles: a kind of marmot: a broken-winded horse; Whis′tling.—adv.

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At Rockling Station I saw some very fine orange trees, full of splendid fruit.

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And the prawns and the crayfish and the rockling, they swam in and out above their heads: but Don Guzman he never heeded, but sat still, and drank his wine.

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