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frostfish.

A tomcod (either species of Microgadus).

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. A tomcod (either species of Microgadus). Microgadus proximus

  2. A tomcod (either species of Microgadus). Microgadus tomcod

  3. Any member of the genus Benthodesmus cutlassfish

  4. A smelt.

    US · dialectal · obsolete

  5. A scabbardfish.

    New-Zealand
Where this word comes from

From frost + fish. In the case of the tomcod, so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about when frost comes.

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