lingcod

American  

[ling-kod] / ˈlɪŋˌkɒd /

Or ling cod

noun

plural

lingcods,

plural

lingcod

1. a large-mouthed game fish, Ophiodon elongatus, of the North Pacific, related to the greenling.

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lingcod British  

/ ˈlɪŋˌkɒd /

noun

1. any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Ophiodontidae, esp Ophiodon elongatus, of the N Pacific Ocean

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Etymology

Origin of lingcod

First recorded in 1880–85; ling ¹ + cod ¹

Example Sentences

He hooked lingcod and other fish from the rocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

He has continued fishing for halibut and lingcod, earning much less.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

If you’d prefer to hook your own, more than a dozen charter boat companies take visitors out for chinook and coho salmon, canary rockfish, lingcod, and halibut.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

Members sign up for an annual subscription, then select what they want from the catch from about 40 local dayboats —halibut, lingcod, octopus, cabezon, for example.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2023

We caught and ate some sea creatures, including massive, pancake-like slabs of halibut pulled up from the bottom of the bay; a few grouchy Dungeness crabs; some bulgy-eyed rockfish; and one exquisitely teal-colored lingcod.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022