petite morue

Cdn French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small food fish, Microgadus tomcod, of the St. Lawrence River and adjacent waters.

Quotations

1808

The Canadians call them petite Morue; the English call them Tommy cod.

1832

Bass, sturgeon, eels, and petite morue, are also brought to market. . . .

1866

The Tom-Cod, the Petite Morue Fraiche . . . of the French Canadians, is peculiar I believe to North America.