lingcod

or ling cod

[ ling-kod ]

noun

, plural ling·cods, (especially collectively) ling·cod.

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

lingcod

/ ˈlɪŋˌkɒd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lingcod¹

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

Example Sentences

The 3-foot camouflaged lingcod he’ll catch an hour later will, with butter, lemon, maybe some bread crumbs, feed the apex predator at the top of the pyramid.

From Seattle Times

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

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

If there is one place you don’t want to stick your finger, it’s the mouth of a Pacific lingcod.

From Seattle Times

I hit all of the Dungeness seasons, all the shrimping days, I hit lingcod and then halibut and chinook.

From Seattle Times