ling cod

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of cod, Ophiodon elongatus, native to the North Pacific.

Quotations

1955

Besides salmon, we catch cod . . . ling-cod of up to (in our case) twelve pounds.

1964

This is particularly true in the case of the ling cod, the spear-fisherman's favourite quarry... .