frostfish

Meaning

  1. The tomcod.
  2. The smelt.
  3. The scabbardfish.

Synonyms

bigeye scabbard fish

bigeyed scabbardfish

buttersnoek

elongate frostfish

hairtail fish

Translations

pez cinto

Haarschwanz

poisson sabre

pesce coltello

pesce sciabola

Benthodesmus elongatus

Benthodesmus simonyi

Lepidopus caudatus

Microgadus tomcod

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.

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