codling
['kɑdlɪŋ]
n. 未熟苹, 幼鳕



codling
[ noun ]
young codfish
<noun.animal>




Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
quince.]
(a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
(b) An immature apple.

A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.

{Codling moth} (Zo["o]l.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
crop.


Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
A young cod; also, a hake.


Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
{Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
is {Merlucius vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting
is {Merlucius bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis
chuss} and {Phycis tenius}) are important food fishes, and
are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
{squirrel hake}, and {codling}.