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frostfish

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as frostfish — “frost + fish”

Definitions

  1. A tomcod (either species of Microgadus).

  2. Any of genus Benthodesmus cutlassfish

  3. A smelt.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A scabbardfish.

      • Another species of the renowned “frost fish,” but unlike the ordinary frost fish, it is of much greater length in proportion to depth. It well deserves its proper cognomen of the scabbard fish, its silver skin adding to the resemblance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA