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greenling

[ green-ling ]

noun

  1. any spiny-finned food fish of the genus Hexagrammos, of North Pacific coasts.


greenling

/ ˈɡriːnlɪŋ /

noun

  1. any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of greenling1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; green, -ling 1

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