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tautog

American  
[taw-tog, -tawg, tou-tog] / tɔˈtɒg, -ˈtɔg, ˈtaʊ tɒg /

noun

  1. a dark-colored wrasse, Tautoga onitis, a popular game and food fish inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to South Carolina.

tautog British  
/ tɔːˈtɒɡ /

noun

  1. Also called: blackfish.  a large dark-coloured wrasse, Tautoga onitis, of the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean: used as a food fish

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Etymology

Origin of tautog

An Americanism first recorded in 1635–45; from Narragansett ( English spelling) tautaũog, plural of taut

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