tomcod

[ tom-kod ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) tom·cod, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) tom·cods.

1. either of two small cods, Microgadus tomcod, of the Atlantic Ocean, or M. proximus, of the Pacific Ocean.
2. any of various similar fishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tomcod¹

1715–25; Tom (Thumb) + cod ¹

Example Sentences

“I’m thinking of maybe cooking up dried fish eggs, herring fish eggs,” she said, pausing to speak to a reporter while ice fishing for tomcod and smolt on the Bering Sea, dressed in a black parka and snow pants and sporting a hat made by her daughter from sealskin and beaver.

From Seattle Times

“I’m thinking of maybe cooking up dried fish eggs, herring fish eggs,” she said, pausing to speak to a reporter while ice fishing for tomcod and smolt on the Bering Sea, dressed in a black parka and snow pants and sporting a hat made by her daughter from sealskin and beaver.

From Washington Times

Salmon federation fish biologist Brett Ciccotelli says the tomcod are swimming beyond where the dam used to be and are spawning in the stream again.

From Washington Times

The Downeast Salmon Federation says the removal of the 50-year-old dam helped bring tomcod back to Smelt Brook in Sullivan.

From Washington Times

I noted the tomcod married to the hake, and the shark wedded to the swordfish.

From Project Gutenberg