tommy-cod

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

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.

1818

The Fish of this Island are, cod, herrings . . . eels, smelts, tomy-cod, elwives, &c.

1822

There are also bass, haddock, sturgeon, perch, flounders, eels, tomey-cod, alewives &c.

1833

Tommy-cods are plenty; the river nearly froze over, but as the d--1 would have it, thawed again.

1952

In quick succession, we flicked tommy cod and gasperos from the holes.

1961

. . . now [winter carnivals] they're coming back . . . with . . . a tommy-cod derby at Ste Anne de la Perade, Que. . . .

1965

Each winter the [Ste.Anne river] is home to millions of tommycod, small fish of the cod family that come from the St. Lawrence to spawn

2n.

a freshwater cod, Lota iota maculosa; burbot.

See: loche,tom-cod(def. 3)

1936

Both "La Loche" and "Mithey" signify the humble tommycod.