DCHP-3

tog

[shortening of tautog E. Algonk.]
Maritimes, Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a valuable food fish, the tautog, Tautoga onitis, of the Atlantic Coast.

Quotations

1957
The tog, often mistaken for a bass, is a heavy stout fish with a high dorsal ridge and a blunt nose.